One phrase bothers me. A lawyer for the group says this is as close to an entrapment case .....
If it qualified for entrapment, I would think the lawyer would be all over THIS IS entrapment.
Entrapment is a fine line, and I am not going to try to judge.
There are clear lines IMO, If a government agent offers someone a large sum of cash,especially in this economy to carry out an act of terror or whatever that would constitute entrapment. If a person asks for money to do said act than that's a different story. Offering someone money in no way proves initial intent. Greed can lure the least criminal minded to do wrong....