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War on Terror: Arresting Real Terrorists or Entrapment?

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Tags: Trevor Aaronson, War on Terror, FBI, entrapment, informants

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Every few months it seems the FBI arrests persons or people suspected of plotting terrorist acts in the US. How many of those are truly terrorists-- and how many of them would not be able to pull off the proposed terrorist act- unless they had help from government informants? We'll talk about the issue in a few minutes here on Radioactivity. But first three listener comments about last Friday's program on which we talked about the history of the Second ...

A Civil Libertarian Describes Events at the Last GOP Convention in Minnesota

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Tags: Chuck Samuelson, RNC St. Paul, arrests, Agent Provocateurs, informants, militarization of police; pepper spray, RNC

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. In four months Tampa will host the Republican National Convention. When delegates, staff, journalists and demonstrators are counted as many as 50,000 people will be in the area for the convention.

The mayor of Tampa has proposed a large "clean-zone" around the convention site in downtown Tampa in which certain items and activities will be restricted.

Four years ago the city of St. Paul Minnesota hosted the Republican Convention. And to get an id...