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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
I don't understand why it's so difficult to separate the culpability of the suspect from the legitimate questions about what this operation accomplished.
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Yes.
Also, one of the things that's bothered me about this whole situation is the age of the subject. This is kind of related to filtherton's reference to emotionally unstable teenagers. We know from studies of the frontal lobe that it is not fully developed until the mid-20s--and the frontal lobe controls executive functioning, decision-making, and the weighing of consequences, among other things. Who's to say that this kid would have carried out these actions had the FBI not gotten involved? Perhaps, over time, his brain would have developed further and he would have realized the consequences for the actions he was thinking of.