As this story unfolds (truth always seems to find the light), we are all going to see that this was a calculated hoax that pretty much accomplished the perps goals.
I think there are several goals here. Jihadi Sr. is looking to win the Lawsuit Lottery. CAIR/et al are trying to get people to drop their guards. 0bama is hoping to blunt any “Islamophobic” objections to bringing tens of thousands of “refugee” jihadis into the U.S.