1/4/24 Trevor Aaronson on the FBI’s Latest Entrapment Scheme

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Scott talks with journalist and author Trevor Aaronson about an article he published recently at The Intercept. The piece tells the story of Jason Fong, a young Chinese American who was targeted online by some undercover law enforcement officers and federal informants who attempted to persuade him to commit violent acts to further his beliefs. Aaronson lays out the details of Fong's story and argues that it is another example of federal law enforcement working to create and entrap violent extremists. He and Scott then talk about the FBI’s long history of carrying out these schemes. Discussed on the show: “Catfished by Cops: The Hamas Terrorist Who Wasn’t” (The Intercept) The Terror Factory by Trevor Aaronson Trevor Aaronson is a contributing writer for The Intercept and executive director of the nonprofit Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. He is the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. Find him on Twitter @trevoraaronson. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.6	Author of the book, Pools Arren,
0:19.6	time to end the war in Afghanistan,
0:21.6	and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on
0:24.8	terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on
0:31.3	foreign policy and all available for you at
0:34.3	Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full interview
0:39.1	archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. and you know what that means the feds framed another guy.
0:53.0	Trevor is of course the great author of the Terror Factory
0:56.8	which started out as a great investigative piece at Mother Jones years ago
1:00.6	and became a great book. The Terror Factory of course being the FBI.
1:07.2	What they do is they frame stupid people.
1:10.0	They're really good at that.
1:11.0	Welcome back to the show.
1:12.0	How you doing, Trevor?
1:13.2	Hey, Scott, I'm great.
1:14.0	Thanks for helping me.
1:15.0	Very happy to have you here.
1:15.8	Catfished by cops, the Hamas terrorist who wasn't.
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