Originally Posted by
UltraFan
The guy is an idiot, not a terrorist. Would this even be on the news, let alone on FBI "joint terrorism task force", if his name was Joe Bob Whitaker? I wonder.
I think sabotage of a commercial airliner is pretty much guaranteed to get the attention of the feds and the regional terrorism task force in our current environment. And it's a pretty good bet that the media would run with any story like this one.
You're definitely right that he's an idiot and not a terrorist, but that might not be how a jury under the influence of an aggressive federal prosecutor would see it. I don't think it would be very smart for this guy's lawyers to let him go to trial.