Re: Oh, I understand all this, tom . . .
Yeah, I know. I wasn't talking about you specifically.
The arrests were made on a judgment call, based on an increase in e-mail traffic and other suspicious activity. Like the Florida case, had these guys turned out to be an active terror cell with a specific target in mind, the cops would be heroes. Now they're goats again. Had they kept back, and these guys had blown something up, they would also have been goats.
I do not envy them their jobs.