Sting
operation
The
Justice Department on Wednesday issued a
press release trumpeting its
latest success in disrupting a domestic terrorism plot, announcing that
"the Joint Terrorism Task Force has arrested a Cincinnati-area man for a
plot to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials." The
alleged would-be terrorist is 20-year-old Christopher Cornell (above), who is
unemployed, lives at home, spends most of his time playing video games in his
bedroom, still addresses his mother as "Mommy" and regards his cat as
his best friend; he was described as "a typical student" and
"quiet but not overly reserved" by the principal of the local high
school he graduated in 2012.
The affidavit filed by an FBI investigative agent
alleges Cornell had "posted comments and information supportive of [ISIS]
through Twitter accounts." The FBI learned about Cornell from an unnamed
informant who, as the FBI put it, "began cooperating with the FBI in order
to obtain favorable treatment with respect to his criminal exposure on an
unrelated case." Acting under the FBI's direction, the informant arranged
two in-person meetings with Cornell where they allegedly discussed an attack on
the Capitol, and the FBI says it arrested Cornell to prevent him from carrying
out the attack.
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