Terrorist Caught Through Facebook Sting Operation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation caught a would-be terrorist by initiating a sting operation through Facebook.
Gathering evidence on Facebook has become standard legal practice, so a social sting operation was bound to happen. That’s how the Federal Bureau of Investigation caught a would-be terrorist in Baltimore.
An FBI informer made the initial contact with 21-year-old Antonio Martinez after he posted publicly on Facebook about his desire for jihad earlier this fall, according to AFP.
AFP cited a prepared statement by the U.S. Justice Department:
An affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint alleges that on September 29, 2010, Martinez publicly posted on his Facebook account a statement calling for violence to stop the oppression of Muslims, and that on Oct.
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