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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Exposing the flaws in a security system that will never be perfect, and which relies in part on deterrence, is a matter of dubious morality. I personally think this was a stunt, but I imagine that any al Qaeda sleeper cell in the U.S. that wanted to repeat 9/11 would use some dupe to put weapons on the plane for later retrieval by more hardened men, rather than carry the weapons themselves on D-Day.* Those people will profess to be "making a point" if ever caught. The kid was playing a high-stakes game in which he would never be a winner.
*This would be a longshot under any circumstances, but would be quite a coup for Islamist morale if accomplished. More likely, though, that entirely different scenarios await us.
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Just like War Games. Except with diffent results. I think he'll be cahrged with some felonies, the govt will accept a plea that involves some jail time, but nowhere near the amount he could have gotten*, and people will be duly warned not to try to carry illegal shit on planes. Govt basically has to prosecute him. Even if he had pure motives.
* or he gets a lot of jail time and he waits for a presidential pardon in a few years (or less?!)
