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This is going to feed a narrative that there is no serious Al Qaeda presence in the U.S., because it’s all the result of government agents provocateur. Count on it.
The problem is that it takes a very long time to get someone close the terrorists. Naturally, it is not easy either. You can’t just use any John Doe. If they would be “outed” at the trial it put a very high cost on the process as he can no longer be used in the field operations.