Hal Turner admits to being an FBI snitch.

[Levi Jones]

Attorney: FBI trained NJ blogger to incite others

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two states for allegedly making threats against lawmakers and judges was trained by the FBI on how to be deliberately provocative, his attorney said Tuesday.

Hal Turner worked for the FBI from 2002 to 2007 as an "agent provocateur" and was taught by the agency "what he could say that wouldn't be crossing the line," defense attorney Michael Orozco said.



"His job was basically to publish information which would cause other parties to act in a manner which would lead to their arrest," Orozco said.



Prosecutors have acknowledged that Turner was an informant who spied on radical right-wing organizations, but the defense has said Turner was not working for the FBI when he allegedly made threats against Connecticut legislators and wrote that three federal judges in Illinois deserved to die.


"But if you compare anything that he did say when he was operating, there was no difference. No difference whatsoever," Orozco said.


Special Agent Ross Rice, a spokesman for the FBI in Chicago, said he would not comment on or even confirm Turner's relationship with the FBI.

[Nobar King]

Re: Hal Turner admits to being an FBI snitch.

What's the point? Anything the FBI can to do catch homegrown terrorists is fine with me. Especially making faked websites. If someone is stupid enough to commit illegal acts because they read something that was wrong on the internet they deserve to be deported to N.Korea for hard labor and mental re-conditioning.

Of course, putting republicans at jeopardy just to try to arrest someone isn't very safe. They should have been targeting democrats, instead.

[Levi Jones]

Re: Hal Turner admits to being an FBI snitch.

What's the point? Anything the FBI can to do catch homegrown terrorists is fine with me. Especially making faked websites. If someone is stupid enough to commit illegal acts because they read something that was wrong on the internet they deserve to be deported to N.Korea for hard labor and mental re-conditioning.

Of course, putting republicans at jeopardy just to try to arrest someone isn't very safe. They should have been targeting democrats, instead.

I don't know, Brother Nobar. This smacks of deception. What kind of person would deliberately make controversial or misleading statements to garner reactions?

[Nobar King]

Re: Hal Turner admits to being an FBI snitch.

I don't know, Brother Nobar. This smacks of deception. What kind of person would deliberately make controversial or misleading statements to garner reactions?

This happens all the time in law enforcement. Haven't you ever watched Law and Order? The police aren't required to tell you the truth if they think they can get you to admit to crimes that you have committed. This is different than that case in Brazil where the newscaster was organizing murders to boost ratings. The FBI is doing this to draw homegrown terrorists from out of the woodwork.