Quote Originally Posted by supahaole View Post
The question is would the kid ever have even thought about if they hadn't convinced him to. Terrorists use these kids because they're easy to manipulate. If our government is doing the same thing for the sake of entrapment then they're doing the same shit. Fear sells ducttape.
Quote from CNN:

The two communicated regularly, the affidavit states, and "using coded language, they discussed the possibility of Mohamud traveling to Pakistan to prepare for violent jihad."



Mohamud attempted to contact another associate who he thought would help facilitate his travel overseas, the affidavit states, but "because Mohamud used the wrong e-mail address in his efforts to contact [the second associate], he never successfully contacted him to arrange travel."
Whilst I understand the source for this is a prosecution document, it looks like Mohamud was convinced about jihad way before the FBI came onto the scene. There are other quotes also indicating his intent.