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Fed bombing sting raises issue of entrapment

The elaborate sting operation that led to the arrest of a Bangladeshi man accused of plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was a "picture-perfect" example of how such undercover operations can thwart potential terrorist attacks, law enforcement experts said Thursday.

Such stings have sometimes raised complaints from defense lawyers of entrapment, but law enforcement regards...

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