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I actually went to school with this kid, at Stanwood High School. I graduated the year before him. He was actually a pretty smart kid when it came to academics, I only had one class with him which was chemistry and he was always the one to get the best grades and seemed to know what he was doing. It appeared to me that he never really had a whole lot of friends in school, but then again I never really knew him personally. From the time I spent with him in class, it does not surprise me at all that he would do something like this, in his free time he learned how to speak Hebrew, and seemed to know a lot about weapons and bombs.

I got the impression that this guy was in this for some kind of attention more than anything --- he didn't look angry or scared being led out in handcuffs --- he looked kind of proud -- like he finds it all interesting --- and he's getting his 15 minutes of fame now.

Maybe someone who resents not being noticed or recognized --- and he found the way to overcome that.