If this is a "victory" we have a serious problem

The FBI's investigation and arrest of Christopher Lee Cornell for 'planning to set off pipe bombs then gun down panicked law makers and staff as they fled the US Capitol building' has the makings of a perfect, fairytale "terrorist" arrest. Well, a fairytale it is.

Apparently some our federal law enforcement officials have no interest in going after the real murderers in (organized) radical Islam, so they groom and assist in the creation of a "monster" to parade for public display.

For anyone with an operating brain there are so many problems with Christopher Cornell's "terror plot" it smacks of something designed by a mentally ill person, which Cornell clearly seems to be, or a small child with crayons and a recently painted interior wall.

First, an 'attack on the US Capitol building with pipe bombs and AR-15s.' Really? We can tell Cornell has, one, never been to Washington DC. Otherwise he would know that the publicly accessible areas of the US Capitol building are for tourists. No, not terrorists. Tourists. People on vacation. And, two, his plot is completely void of any tactical logic since the DC metro area, especially surrounding government buildings, is protected by some of the most heavily-armed police in law enforcement.

Members of congress and staffers, myself once the latter, work in office buildings surrounding the Capitol building and move to and from, if smart and don't want to be stopped and asked a million questions by visitors, via tunnels under Congress member offices and the Capitol building itself.

Did the FBI, based on their investigation, have legal authority to arrest Cornell? Of course. Should they have? Of course not. What this kid needed was a visit from a local field office FBI agent and a stern talking to. Or left under investigation, by the FBI, to see if he could make contact with REAL bad guys from radical Islam.

Sadly it seems the FBI knew Cornell was not switched on or sane enough to organize with members of Islamic Jihad and decided to move in for an easy, and very public, arrest via grooming and assisting his “terror” plan.


To the competent, constitutional, and patriotic FBI agents protecting Americans from real Islamic terrorism, thank you! To agents who think arresting Christopher Cornell is a victory in the growing asymmetrical war with militant Islam, you need to reevaluate your motivations.