Conspiracy Of Dunces  

The most pathetic story I've read in some time is this tale of the FBI entrapping some deluded pothead (using a faux-radical hot chick) into talking about performing some- sort of "eco-terrorist" act - end result 20 years in jail. US readers - that's your tax dollars being spent on this nonsense (via Cryptogon).

Reichel describes himself as a mainstream Democrat. “I eat at McDonald’s. I live in a tract home. I drive an Excursion.” He likes his client, but he has a habit of calling McDavid a knucklehead and an idiot. And he’s getting ready to file a motion to dismiss the case because of “outrageous government misconduct.”

His client engaged in stupid, evil talk, said Reichel. But that was all. There could have been no conspiracy, he insisted, without Anna, the FBI agent who seemed to have all the answers.

“She provides the money. She provides the car. She rents the cabin. Oh, and by the way, 'I used to be a high-school chemistry teacher, so this is second nature to me.’” All that adds up to entrapment and worse, he said. “This is a case where the government is manufacturing crime,” Reichel added.