[1Old Pro]

Good for him!!

Well, kinda. He should have said he'd gladly accept cash but that he needed to prep the vehicle (or some believable stalling excuse), then contact the FBI and tell them to be there to greet the potential terrorists. It would have been nice to interrogate them.

[Mudboy Slim]

"It would have been nice to interrogate them."

True...perhaps he got a license plate number and the cops just didn't want to give that info out to the press out of concern for the safety of this good samaritan.

FReegards...MUD

[cake_crumb]

"He should have said he'd gladly accept cash but that he needed to prep the vehicle (or some believable stalling excuse), then contact the FBI and tell them to be there to greet the potential terrorists. It would have been nice to interrogate them."

You've got a good point there.

[Steve Eisenberg]

If he was suspicious if they wanted to pay cash, he should have said FINE, but I need to prep the car and you can pick it up in the morning.

Maybe something similar did happen. According to the Daily News, this happenned within the past two weeks. I presume that the shop was put under surveillance in the hope that the terrorists would return, but when they did not, the authorities let the press in on what went down.

Although terrorists are dumb, there is a limit (sometimes) to their stupidity. They probably insisted on getting the vehicle delivered immediately because of the fear that if they ever returned to that shop, they would be walking into the arms of FBI.