"A Person Otherwise Innocent": Policing Entrapment in Preventative, Undercover Counterterrorism Investigations

Jon Foley Sherman

University of Pennsylvania journal of constitutional law · 2009 · 32 citations · 0 references

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making "conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons or damage property in a foreign country" a federal crime if "any of the conspirators commits an act within the jurisdiction of the United States to effect any object of the conspiracy"); 18 U.S.C. 2339A ( 2006) (making it a federal crime to provide "material support to terrorists"); 18 U.S.C. 2339B ( 2006) (making it a federal crime to provide "material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations").