Reply #11: It's as I've said for years about the "al Qaida 'chatter'" that's always being "intercepted". . .

[Journeyman]

I fear blabbermouths far less than I do determined people. The fellow in the corner of the bar, nursing a beer and a grudge, quietly seething, poses -- in my experience -- a much greater threat than the fool blathering idiotically about all the damage they intend to do. Both can do harm, no doubt -- but quiet, focused anger seems capable of more devastation, quicker and with more precision, than undisciplined, erratic lashing out.

Make no mistake -- I'm glad someone intercepted this fool, and is taking time to assess his potentials, but like you, I feel there's a greater chance he's was just blowing steam rather than plotting chaos. And I believe most criminal studies will bear this out.