Trevor Aaronson: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists
Тревър Еърънсън: Как ФБР създава терористи в САЩ
An investigative journalist who reports on the FBI’s misuse of informants in counterterrorism operations, Trevor Aaronson asks the question: Is the United States catching terrorists or creating them? Full bio
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for more terrorism plots
терористични заговори
think about the FBI.
каквото си го представяте.
gunning down bad guys like John Dillinger,
по лоши момчета, като Джон Дилинджър
crooked elected officials.
на изборни длъжности.
has consumed the FBI.
3.3 billion dollars
по 3.3 милиарда долара
combined for organized crime,
за организираната престъпност,
criminal activity.
the case files
the United States,
the conclusion that the FBI
than it is at catching terrorists.
терористи, отколкото в залавянето им.
terrorist attacks in the United States.
терористични атаки в САЩ.
bombings in 2013,
Бостънския маратон през 2013,
a man named Faisal Shahzad
на име Файзал Шаазад
to Times Square.
до Таймс скуеър.
of terrorism plots.
дузини терористични атаки.
more than 175 people
conterterrorism stings.
led by an informant,
тръгващи от информатор,
economically desperate people
икономически отчаяни хора,
наричаме терористи.
before they struck.
терористите преди да са ударили.
of more than 15,000 informants nationwide,
над 15000 информатори в цялата страна,
might be dangerous.
100,000 dollars or more
изкара над 100000 долара,
they bring to the FBI.
предаден на ФБР.
mostly criminals and con men
на престъпници и мошеници
in the United States,
шпиониране общностите в САЩ,
Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif
като Абу Халид Абдул-Латиф
gasoline and attempting suicide.
и опитвал да се самоубие.
reality and fantasy.
recruiting station outside Seattle
за набор на военни до Сиатъл,
of course, by the FBI.
for his work on the case.
за работата си по случая.
who had fled Pakistan on murder charges
от Пакистан заради обвинение в убийство
synagogues in the Bronx.
атентат срещу синагога в Бронкс.
with a history of mental problems.
с психиатрична анамнеза.
him 250,000 dollars
предложени 250000 долара
published my new story
новата ми статия
involving Sami Osmakac,
с участието на Сами Осмакаш,
near Tampa, Florida.
schizoaffective disorder.
international terrorist groups.
терористични групи.
handed him money,
намира работа, дава му пари,
posing as a terrorist,
терорист агент под прикритие
to bomb an Irish bar.
атентат в един ирландски бар.
with his face blurred --
with his recording equipment on.
и когато се връща в офиса в Тампа,
they were doing was farcical.
че това, което правят е фарс.
to hear about these conversations.
че тези разговори трябва да се потулят.
them under a protective order
под обезпечителна мярка,
from doing something like this.
мен, да направи нещо такова.
a pot to piss in."
a pipe dream scenario.
everything he needed.
на Сами Осмакаш.
they gave him an AK-47,
Дават му автомат АК-47.
martyrdom video,
т. нар. мъченическо видео.
him money for a taxi cab
they wanted him to go.
където искат да отиде.
he wanted a Hollywood ending.
агенти, че иска холивудски край.
to deliver what he thought
тръгва с това, което мисли,
sentenced to 40 years in prison.
175 so-called terrorists,
Hollywood endings.
the War on Terror.
това война срещу тероризма.
carefully choreographed production
грижливо подготвена продукция,
pretty strong accusations,
Investigative Reporting Program
за разследваща журналистика
of all terrorism prosecutions
съдебните дела за тероризъм
the first decade after 9/11.
to find out whether
за да установим дали
to international terrorist groups,
с международни терористични групи,
played the role of an agent provocateur
ролята на агент провокатор,
to our database.
and we'd go back and check
of our findings.
in a magazine article
данните в една статия.
like CBS and NPR,
findings are wrong."
come forward and said,
with those findings."
by groups like Human Rights Watch
данните. Например "Хюмън райтс уоч"
these types of sting operations.
за този тип операции.
really responded
not catching terrorists
толкова залавяне на терористи,
mentally ill people
in these types of sting operations.
терористи в подобни операции.
investigative journalism website,
за разследваща журналистика,
and why there.
и защо я публикува там.
the most logical place for this
най-логичното място за целта.
really leveraging the fact that
transcripts of these
that a federal judge had sealed
федерален съдия запечатва,
that their release
че публикуването им
the U.S. government's
was set up to protect journalists
защитава журналистите и да
very sensitive matters like this.
теми, като настоящата.
which was just published today,
was set up in this FBI sting
вкаран в тази операция на ФБР
highlight the things that they said,
само някои техни думи,
to put money in Sami Osmakac's hands,
в ръцете на Сами Осмакаш пари,
from the undercover agent.
от... агента под прикритие.
was that he paid for these weapons,
че бил платил за тези оръжия.
how the FBI orchestrated
че всъщност ФБР манипулира
mentally ill and broke
pay for weapons
in a conspiracy for.
да го обвинят в заговор.
ISIS suspects in Brooklyn,
заподозрени в съпричстност към ИДИЛ,
be headed to Syria,
щели да заминат за Сирия.
or examples of more of the same?
или е пример за същото?
what's come out in the court file,
това, което е в преписката,
example of the same.
още един пример за същото.
have moved from flavor to flavor.
в зависимост от конюнктурата.
is the current flavor.
is that the three men that were charged
че тримата обвинени
of the FBI informant,
them with the travel documents
помогнал с нужните за пътуването
in that particular case,
had found out
and had hid his passport.
Сирия и скрила паспорта му.
showed up at the airport,
be interested in joining the Islamic State
проявяват интерес в присъединяване
States government should be looking at
правителството трябва да гледа,
in violence here.
the evidence that's so far come out,
досега доказателства
it possible for these guys
възможно тези хора
to that in the first place.
намерение да го правят.
TA: Thank you.
ТА: Благодаря!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Trevor Aaronson - JournalistAn investigative journalist who reports on the FBI’s misuse of informants in counterterrorism operations, Trevor Aaronson asks the question: Is the United States catching terrorists or creating them?
Why you should listen
Trevor Aaronson is the executive director of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. In 2014 he reported and produced "Informants," a one-hour documentary for Al Jazeera Media Network about the FBI’s counterterrorism program. In 2015 he published "To Catch the Devil" with Foreign Policy and "The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist" with The Intercept, both about his work on the FBI's counterterrorism methods.
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