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agent provocateur |
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Spartas Mukasa announced
that the meeting would not proceed, as there were too many police
around--and rumor had it that the police had salted the meeting with
plainclothes police ready to act as agents provocateurs, beginning a
free fight and providing an opportunity for uniformed police to storm
the crowd in force.
It is a world of pseudonyms, spies,
agents provocateurs, loyalty, treachery,
and intrigue. Its announced intent is to help
federal authorities enforce existing laws, and its approach of reporting
illegal activity to authorities is more akin to neighborhood watches,
though there is the danger that agents provocateurs could attempt acts
of violence for the purpose of discrediting the group. |
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