Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision that 'aiding and abetting an attempt' and 'attempting to aid and abet' are equivalent permits wholly fictitious conduct to be rendered criminal by the government's use of reverse sting operations?

1) W hethe r the Ninth Circuit’s decision that “aiding and abetting an attempt” and “attempting to aid and abet” are equivalent permits wholly fictitious conduct to me rendered criminal by the government’s use of reverse sting operations?