Another missile system set up by the government - sorta

ABCNEWS.com : Less in Missile Plot Than Meets the Eye?

The missile shipped into the New York area last month was not a real missile — just a mockup — also arranged entirely by the government. The government also arranged the meetings at a New Jersey hotel and elsewhere, where Lakhani allegedly told undercover agents posing as al Qaeda terrorists about his support of bin Laden.
“One would have to ask yourself, would this have occurred at all without the government?” said Gerald Lefcourt, a criminal defense attorney.

So, the entire “Thwarted missile attack” was bullshit from start to finish. They got the black market consumer, but how many of them are out there? How many times will faked operations fool the masses?