http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/19/AR2010051903650.html
"Officers then discovered the knives as well as two lighters, six batteries, a button device with a wire that gives off an electric charge when pressed, a flight simulator program and New York City information cards."
>>”...and New York City information cards...”
If this is FBI speak meaning “instrument approach plates,” that raises the incident to a whole new level. He can no longer be considered a simple minded fool.
He is either intending something nefarious, on his own; or he was being used as a mule for Terrorists. How many people can use a computer and still be unaware of what cannot be carried on an aircraft? Are there no Box Cutters for sale in Pawtucket? They need to be imported?
DG