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John Young
jya at pipeline.com
Mon Nov 11 08:56:43 PST 1996
11-11-96. WaPo Page One:
"Preventing Terrorism: Where to Draw the Line? With
Militias, U.S. Adopts Preemptive Strategy"
This strategy requires aggressive and potentially
controversial tactics as investigators infiltrate groups
and bring charges on the basis of allegedly criminal
plans that are conceived but not carried out. Federal
agencies are more willing to launch investigations when
people talk about committing violent acts, and
investigators are more prone to use ordinary citizens as
informants.
According to legal experts, the mere discussion of a
crime, no matter how fanciful it may be, can constitute
a criminal conspiracy. "The classic example is that you
are guilty of a crime if you conspire with someone else
to stick pins in a voodoo doll in the belief that your
enemy will fall dead," said Albert Alschuler, a law
professor at the University of Chicago.
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