In the task force, investigators were concerned that the case raised some entrapment questions, two people said. They added that some investigators wondered whether Mr. Pimentel had the even small amount of money or technical know-how necessary to produce a pipe bomb on his own, had he not received help from the informer.

Pimental also may have had mental issues -- he reportedly tried to circumcise himself three times. According to neighbors:

At the Cachet barber shop on 138th Street and Broadway, people said he would sit on a bench there for hours without talking. “He’s like a zombie; he’s in limbo all the time,” Ralphie Sanchez, 59, said.

The NYPD says it had Pimentel under surveillance for a year and he didn't start to talk about a bomb until a month ago. Hatred of the U.S. is not a crime. Nor does hatred constitute predisposition to commit a crime. It looks like the FBI is willing to throw the NYPD and its informant under the bus.