FBI Honeypot Ensnares Michagan Man by Trevor Aaronson.
From the post:
KHALIL ABU RAYYAN was a lonely young man in Detroit, eager to find a wife. Jannah Bride claimed she was a 19-year-old Sunni Muslim whose husband was killed in an airstrike in Syria. The two struck up a romantic connection through online communications.
Now, Rayyan, a 21-year-old Michigan man, is accused by federal prosecutors of supporting the Islamic State.
Documents released Tuesday show, however, that Rayyan was motivated not by religious radicalism but by the desire to impress Bride, who said she wanted to be a martyr.
Jannah Bride, not a real name, was in fact an FBI informant hired to communicate with Rayyan, who first came to the FBI’s attention when he retweeted a video from the Islamic State of people being thrown from buildings. He wrote later on Twitter: “Thanks, brother, that made my day.”
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If you are shy, socially awkward and a woman is throwing herself at you, that’s a warning sign.
Either you have Ben Franklins leaking from your pockets or it is an FBI sting operation.
Check your pockets.
I don’t know of any reliable test for FBI informants but if people:
- Volunteer money for illegal purchases
- Urge you to say or plan illegal acts
- Provide you with plans for illegal objects or substances
- Initiate/maintain contact with you for 1, 2, or 3
The question you have to ask yourself:
If they are so hot for action, why are they pestering you?
Unless you think a long stretch in a U.S. prison looks good on your resume, avoid people who want to facilitate you committing illegal acts.
They have an agenda and it isn’t to benefit you. Only themselves.