"My local news is carrying a report about a local man who called the police claiming that someone was a terrorist. The person wasn't a terrorist, and now the guy who called the cops is in trouble with the Feds."
This sounds like a new avenue to explore. Maybe you could find out more about this case by calling the local channel. The Feds should be looking into Michael's report that the Brother was a terrorist. If a law was broken in the one case, it was broken by Michael too and deserves to be investigated.