And of course, it's perfectly normal for a suicidal teenager to say "I had no other help." Yup, perfectly normal -- except for one thing -- who asked?
The AQ contact could be another empty boast but it's not like we'll hear about anyone he could have been in touch with. The initial news story was to deny deny deny that it was even a half assed terrorist strike.
The bomb story was stolen from a novel but it was a scare enough that the note was withheld from the media until after the Super Bowl.