Advocates are hoping the recent release of three men arrested in a fictitious terror plot prompts the U.S. to review the fairness of similar counterterrorism operations.
In a scathing ruling last month, a judge said the FBI had used a "villain" of an informant to manipulate a group of Muslim men into going along with a fictitious plot to destroy military planes and synagogues in New York City s suburbs. She ordered three released from prison, saying "the real lead conspirator was the United States."
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ALBANY — In a scathing ruling last month, a judge said the FBI had used a "villain" of an informant to manipulate a group of Muslim men into going along
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