re: #62 Charles

His father reported him because he thought his son might become dangerous — not because he had any evidence of a specific plot. The son’s name went on a very long list of potential suspects, and there was nothing to indicate he was any more likely to be involved in an imminent plot than any of other people on the list.

It’s just not possible to investigate every single person who’s reported as a potential danger, obviously. I don’t think it’s right to blame DHS for “missing” Abdulmutallab.

There’s 500,000 people on the TIDE list.