An image made from a video by Syed Haris Ahmed and a friend during a 2005 road trip to Washington, shows Ehsanul Islam Sadequee posing in front of the U.S. Capitol. (U.S. Attorney/AP)U.S. Agents Must Decide Between Nabbing Terror Suspects Too Early, Or Waiting At Risk Of Public -- Metro News/AP
ATLANTA - A small group of FBI agents huddled outside a Home Depot store in Atlanta in January 2006, watching a young man suspected of being linked to terrorists as he walked out the door with materials that could be used to make a bomb.
They knew Syed Haris Ahmed had researched bomb-making techniques online and shaved his head, as some jihadis have done before an attack. However, they had to make a quick decision faced by other terror investigators across the country: They could swoop in and keep him from potentially building a bomb, which could leave them with a case too weak to win a conviction. Or they could keep building a stronger case - and risk a potential terror attack.
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My Comment: I call this "bending over backwards for political correctness". But the day that a police operation fails in preventing a terrorist attack .... expect everyone to quickly follow the rule of CYA.