I have a number of contacts in law enforcement from both a former career and through a current career. Some of these folks are part of an anti-terror joint task (fed and NYPD and CID). They are taught recognition of the syndrome as part of their training. We have discussed both cases. They believe that the syndrome is/was evident with Hearst (the classic textbook case) and the rash of post-911 conversions.
Tell you what... I'm going to allow you to be the smart one since it is so important to you, and I don't have the time to play your games.
If you say it must be so...then it must be so. The Patty Hearst case and the conversions after 9/11 are cases of the Stockholm Syndrome.
Better?