Before this became public knowledge, I hope they proceeded with faking the approval and set up the 421 terrorists by having them show up at an assigned point for their induction and captured (or shot) every one of them. Hopefully they didn't pass up the chance to capture 421 al-Qaida with a little trickery.
good point, unfortunately our intelligence agencies are very inept and incompetent... but I would like to think someone other than you thought of it as well...