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they provide 19-year-old hosam smadi of dallas, texas, with what he thinks are chemicals to build a bomb. smadi attempts to detonate the fake bomb in the basement garage of a dallas skyscraper. in 2010, smadi pleads guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. he is sentenced to 24 years in prison. as hyper-funded counterterrorism law enforcement reaches as far as possible and then some to find and disrupt and in some cases conjure terrorist plots, the newly created department of homeland security, a department consolidating 22 previous agencies representing the largest increase in the size of the federal government since world war ii, is a product of the 9/11 commission s findings. and as the federal government grows in response to 9/11, so does a government-funded security gravy train. getting yourself listed in the national asset database of terror targets becomes a way to attract government funding. auditors of the national asset database find more than 1,300
threats, it s also true that some of the supposedly thwarted terrorist attacks post-9/11 essentially were symptoms created by the cure, plots that arguably would never have come into being without counterterrorism law enforcement themselves suggesting targets, providing means, facilitating aspiring terrorists acts of furtherance that they would not have achieved on their own but for which they could be prosecuted. in 2009, after back-to-back mistrials, five men from liberty city, one of miami s poorest neighborhoods, are convicted on terror-related charges after trying to team up with al qaeda, even though they seemed to have no clue how to do that. their only contact with al qaeda is with the government informant pretending to be associated with the group. they claim entrapment. it s a defense that has never worked in a terror-related case since 9/11. later that same year, federal officers again pose as members of a terrorist sleeper cell.
no clue how to do that. their only contact with al qaeda is with the government informant pretending to be associated with the group. they claim entrapment. it s a defense that has never worked in a terror-related case since 9/11. later that same year, federal officers again pose as members of a terrorist sleeper cell. they provide this 19-year-old hosam smadi of dallas, texas, with what he thinks are chemicals to build a bomb. smadi attempts to detonate the fake bomb in the basement of a dallas skyscraper. in 2010, smadi pleads guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. he is sentenced to 24 years in prison. as hyper-funded counterterrorism law enforcement reaches as far as possible and then some to find and disrupt and in some cases conjure terrorist plots, the newly created department of homeland security, a department consolidating 22 previous agencies representing the largest increase in the size of the federal government since world war ii, is a product of the 9/11
that is if inspiration doesn t count as a link. but one alleged plot to carry out coordinated attacks in the u.k., france, and germany, a plot thought to have been ordered by osama bin laden himself, is foiled in september 2010. it s discovered through international intelligence sharing. in the face of continued real threats, it s also true that some of the supposedly thwarted terrorist attacks post-9/11 essentially were symptoms created by the cure, plots that arguably would never have come into being without counterterrorism law enforcement themselves suggesting targets, providing means, facilitating aspiring terrorists acts of furtherance that they would not have achieved on their own but for which they could be prosecuted. in 2009, after back-to-back mistrials, five men from liberty city, one of miami s poorest neighborhoods, are convicted on terror-related charges after trying to team up with al qaeda, even though they seemed to have