>>>Did I miss another article on this? According to what I read, he was caught planning terrorist acts or planning on aiding the act of terrorism but no one was at risk or died. Should be treated similar to those who are caught aranging to pay someone to kill someone else (but the hit never goes through or the person paid was fbi, police, or law enforcement of some other type) or conspiracy to commit murder, etc...
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>>To me this falls more into an act of war category, except the combatant is not wearing a uniform.
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>Absolutely. Behind the lines. No uniform. Time of war. Hanging.

Actually I need to update my comments. I wrote that and then soon realized it wasn't truly how I feel. I wasn't online though til now so I couldn't update it. I really think that planning terrorist activities falls under a different category than conspiracy to commit murder. Terrorist activities are on a much larger scale, kill or hurt large number of innocent people, and not only are they an attack against people, but are also an attack against a government or country.