Originally Posted by dogzilla

Where's the bad guy's personal responsibility to not trigger the bomb in this case? Nobody made him dial the cell phone, and by the accounts I've read, the FBI people with him gave him at least one opportunity to back out, asking him if he was sure he really wanted to trigger the bomb and kill a bunch of people.

Based on what made the news reports, this guy was angry enough to want to kill a bunch of people and the FBI got wind of it.

Basically, bad guy wanted to kill some people, FBI hears about it and sets up a sting. Bad guy doesn't realize he's set up, triggers what he thinks is a real bomb and gets caught. Bad guy hopefully goes to jail for a long time. End of story.