On the one hand, if this was a real threat, I’m glad they caught the bastards. Also, this seems like the sort of thing that if it happened would have actually started a civil war, so, again, good that they caught the bastards. On the other hand…

It will be interesting to see if this was a credible threat or if it followed the FBI’s “we caught a terrorist” model, which is (1) find a mouthy shiftless loser, (2) whip them up more, (3) offer to give them guns or bombs or stuff, and (4) arrest them for the plot. https://t.co/6SDkJUNIq0

— MonsterHat (@Popehat) October 8, 2020

Law enforcement has a history of creating these “monsters” themselves, so, yeah…