FLight 587 wasn't terrorist-related as it involved an unreliable aircraft with a spotty repair history.
And TWA 800 had an exploding fuel tank. And OKC was a couple of redneck talk radio fans. And Elian wanted to be a Communist. And Able Danger is none of our business. And David Koresh was abusing children. And Juanita Broderick was never raped. And Vince Foster was a suicide. etc etc ad infinitum ad nauseum....
please!
I think the point is that when you see a story of obvious news value 100% ignored by major media, it adds credibility to the assumption that other events of possible terrorist-related activity which were eventually explained away could in fact have been similarly squelched.
This story will end with this guy being a depressed sick person who wanted to kill himself by blowing himself up, and who had a backpack with more explosives which he did not detonate which was later detonated by the police but subsequently un-occurred and did not happen.