The latest in an ever-growing array of flimsy arrests based on even flimsier evidence, federal officials have revealed that over the weekend they arrested 20-year-old college student Munther Saleh and are charging him with “plotting to set off a pressure cooker bomb,” even though he does not appear to have been in possession of explosives, or a pressure cooker for that matter.
Saleh was arrested Saturday, after three months of intense surveillance, when he “took several steps” toward an unmarked police car that was spying on him, a move officials later termed as “lunging at law enforcement.”
The sum total of the evidence against Saleh was a Tweet in which he expressed concern al-Qaeda was getting too moderate. He had also reportedly done internet searches about pressure cooker bombs and read an article which warns it is unIslamic to kill innocent people.
Saleh denied being pro-ISIS, though officials are still presenting him as an ISIS sympathizer, and his arrest as the foiling of a potential ISIS-inspired plot, irrespective of the lack of actual stuff involved in a plot. He was also accused of having pictures of New York City on his computer, which since he lives there wouldn’t seem so shocking.
Thought Crime.
This corrupt USG regime (created) ISIS in the first place, and is responsible for
the carnage in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya. Instead, a college kid is arrested
for a few tweets allegedly supporting ISIS, scanning the web for a pressure cooker,
and apparently stepping too close to a unmarked pig car.
The ones who should be arrested and thrown into jail are the Bush/Oboomer thugs
behind this nightmare. The bigots and racists in the USG corporate media have
once again missed the boat. By design.
An ISIS sympathizer? Are we now criminalizing thought? My understanding of crime is the commission of an act, not thinking about it. If there were any remaining doubt about how serious the real threat of terrorism is, this should settle it.
I would love to be a juror on that case, although I'm sure I would never be selected.
I guess free speech is out the window, at least for some people (e.g. muslims).
It was not unopened can of coke?
an unmarked police car?
Any stick is good enough to beat him with ; any rope is good enough to hang him with . Evidence ? We don't need no stinkin' evidence !