And what if they hadn't arrested him and his plan be succesful and it turned out to be a ploy and we would of had another trenchcoat mafia incident on our hands? Then the parents are whining "how could this happen?" "how could we prevented this?" "this is the goverment's fault for not doing thier jobs! Let's sue someone blargh!"

So.. now we come at a cross-road.. do we protect ourselves from POSSIBLE threats, and destroy our subtle liberties..

Or do we allow ourselves to be exposed to the worst and reap the reprocussions of having choices and will?

You as a person have to decide what is more important to you, freedom or security. Neither the boy, nor the state is at fault here. Both are but victims of the law of our universe that we must follow wether we like too or not to insure our survival.

Freedom or security, it's what it always has come down too..