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According to the complaint, the defendant:

- went back to the US several time after traveling to the DPRK despite being warned not to by the US state department

- had several consensual interviews with FBI agents

- consented to a search of his phone

It's hard to read this and not think that he brought this upon himself. If you really want to do what he did, get a lawyer, don't travel back to the US, don't speak to law enforcement.

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Or that he was entrapped.

Entrapment by what, reverse psychology? He didn’t walk into a sting set up by FBI agents; he went to a real conference in the real North Korea despite official warnings not to do so.

Why is reverse psychology not an effective method of entrapment. I'd expect it's a standard component actually.

This was downvoted as if entrapment is not a common behavior of law enforcement: https://twitter.com/Kinnardian/status/1200465791520428033?s=...

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