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FBI was on the other end of that e2e link trying to sell him the explosives, targets and motives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Bronx_terrorism_plot

It is. The source must have reported the convo.

It's easy when you're one of the ends

The vast majority of criminals' threat models are way out of whack. They think they need to use signal so the NSA can't vacuum up their data, while completely ignoring the threat that the other side of the convo is a fed already.

Own/compel one of the ends.