One need not be an experienced investigator to realize that by focusing on those primarily interested in making statements on social media, federal agents and prosecutors are shifting investigative resources away from those more likely positioned to inflict harm.
While providing nothing in the way of thwarting terrorism or protecting the public, these cases are nevertheless extremely valuable to federal agents and prosecutors. In this sense, the actions of federal law enforcement are largely consistent with their overall approach to prosecutions. Cases are routinely pursued primarily for their publicity value. And in many cases a target is selected before a specific "crime" can even be identified, or in the case of Booker, created.
These matters purportedly involving terrorism are guaranteed to receive significant attention in the media and generate self-serving headlines. Further, prosecutions of cases even tenuously connected to terrorism are resume-making cases, likely to move federal prosecutors up the judicial-corporate ladder. Career advancement of federal agents and prosecutors has repeatedly been demonstrated to be the most important goal in the prosecution of these fabricated terrorist plots. The notion of public protection is mere pretense.
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