Either he's trying to keep the public calm (you know those anti-Muslim witch hunts are likely to break out any day now) or he's one of those psychic FBI agents.
NO threat.
This is what is screwed up. I bet there won't be any applause for a job well-done; however, if these guys would've pulled something off, the fingers would already be pointing at Washington.
ACLU Thesaurus:
Unsuccessful Terrorist = potential client