Macleans magazine has a fascinating postscript to the story of the so-called Toroto 18. These were the dangerous Islamists — hometown boys — who were planning terrifying acts, among them, cutting off the head of the prime minister of the day. Out of the successful prosecutions came a challenge to police practice that the authorities should be required to somehow warn any teenagers who were part of the criminal activity, even on the fringes, that they were doing the wrong thing. The Macleans story linked here reports that the courts found this burden placed on undercover cops trying to stop terrorism would be ridiculous. Macleans
