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It seems like a natural progression. Obviously you want to stop terrorist attacks before they happen, but now you're not targeting terrorists, you're targeting political dissidents who have a plan to become terrorists. The earlier in the planning stages you can catch them the better. Soon enough you're keeping an eye on them before they've made any plans...



...and then get them before they choose to dissent


...or encourage them to dissent.

/when you don't have any dissent, manufacture it


The US has done that with domestic Muslim terrorists. Agents even setup links for obtaining weapons and explosives.




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