You just never know when the next blasphemy drawing competition will provoke someone under surveillance, so one should be proactive just in case you don't have enough evidence, or a third "
Precog".
And of course, never bring a knife to a gun fight, because killing folks is the best way to put folks "on notice" that they have due process rights when "trying to obtain his cooperation in a related investigation".
This must be SOP in gaining HUMINT: don't construct their social networks, just eliminate any node you come across.
A Boston police officer has shot and killed a Massachusetts man who had been under surveillance by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, ABC News has learned.
Early-morning approaches by law enforcement like the one that led to Rahim's death are unusual, according to Steve Gomez, the former head of FBI counter-terrorism efforts in Los Angeles.
The move may have been intended as "a disruption" to put Rahim "on notice" that authorities -- without sufficient evidence to build a legal case -- are watching him, or police and FBI may have been trying to obtain his cooperation in a related investigation, said Gomez, an ABC News consultant and contributor.
Either way, it all seems representative of what is going on throughout the FBI, which is aiming to take proactive steps even in “marginal types of terrorism cases” where it's too soon to tell exactly what suspects are up to -- but the FBI doesn't want to take any chances, according to Gomez.
A Boston police officer has shot and killed a man who had been under surveillance by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, ABC News has learned.