اللبناني المتهم بزرع متفجرة وهمية بشيكاغو يعترف بمحاولة حيازة اسلحة دمار شامل

in many civilised countries "undercover" operations are considered illegal.
Raja Chemayel
Amsterdam

I believe the definition of "entrapment" is that the crime would not have happened without the police involvement. Where would this guy have gotten a bomb?
When the rottenness of US national policy (like assassinating Osama bin Laden instead of arresting him) spreads down to the state government level, the US will be ended. The federal attorneys are a warning to us. Lawyers as a group don't care any more about facts, leave alone justice. If states' attorneys start going after people in this fashion, it won't just be another civil war, it will be another revolutionary war: we'll have to start from scratch.

slash and FlameThrower are worried about Arabs getting a bad rap in the US? What do you think "Hajji" means to a US vet of Iraq or Afghanistan? You think being the most Zionistic Arab on earth will get you some relief? You know what an "Uncle Tom" is? It's just like Lebanese who accuse Hezbullah of bringing down Israel's wrath on Lebanon. There is no security in sucking up to an abusive authority figure. "Oh, Dad, I love you, please don't hit me again!"
Hezbullah has enough people--there are enough Shiites in Lebanon--to make it the legitimate government. It defends the turf, it gets the blame, but it doesn't get much help from those Lebanese who cooperate with Lebanon's enemies. So not only do these people betray Lebanon, they fear the return of legitimacy and their own comeuppance. Treachery and guilty fear: that would make a good party slogan.