re: #320 Dr. Matt

I don’t think that’s far from the truth. I think that people who knew him long enough seem genuinely surprised at the way he changed. A former neighbor who did some government work told me once that he’s interviewed many people who can be manipulated. Sometimes they just sort of go along or go through the motions (like a gang that was going to attack targets in Miami) or they were serious (a gang that was going to attack a base in NJ).
Now we never went in this particular direction when we chatted, but it seems plausible that the wife may have been a plant, in the respect that the terrorist network felt he could be duped into bringing her back to the states and even convinced to take up arms.
That’s my guess, and that’s all it’s worth.