[bryze]

I think you make a strong argument. Here's a question: What happens when the smart anarchist turns in the snitch to the local police department with full documentation of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act?

[v21]

It's happened! They ended up having to get a restraining order against him.

"Yet, far from succeeding, Monteilh eventually so unnerved Orange County's Muslim community that that they got a restraining order against him. In an ironic twist, they also reported Monteilh to the FBI: unaware he was in fact working undercover for the agency."

-- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/20/fbi-informant

[bryze]

What a great read; thanks for posting it. While the reported outcome differed from the Rolling Stone article, the FBI's modus operandi appear the same.

[DasIch]

The same thing that happens when it wouldn't be a snitch. What happens to that person should be decided in court by a judge/jury not by the police.

[baltcode]

The only problem is, the state attornies/feds don't press criminal charges on the person if they don't want to.

[bryze]

I agree, in principle, but I wonder if the Feds would make a trip downtown to bail out their snitch first.