Re: bombers or victims?

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Jun 15 2002 - 21:28:06 MDT


Hal Finney wrote:

>Damien Broderick asks about:
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>>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/12/national/12FRAM.html
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>Daniel replies:
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>>My view: the FBI deserved much worse treatment here...
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>I don't really understand what the FBI is supposed to have done here.
>As I read the article, the two Earth Firsters had a home-made bomb blow
>up in their car...
>
>Is this an accurate summary? If so, I don't see the police activities
>as rising to the level of villainy that Daniel suggests... Hal
>
Thats what I wondered too Hal. These yahoos who were already known
to be terrorists had a bomb explode in their car. My first guess is that
they were hoist on their own petard. The FBI sounds to me like they
were acting on reasonable suspicion. What did I miss? spike

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