It reminds me of the Aqua Teen bomb scare back in 2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare
http://boingboing.net/2007/09/21/mit-student-arrested.html http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/03/mit_stu...
I'm pretty sure the apology was for a more lenient sentence.
Anyone with half a brain would understand that you can't just magically make circuitry explode. That's a whole new level of ignorance, they teach this stuff in elementary school for gods sake.
That's the problem right there. These people have let their common sense be overtaken by their sense of fear, they're so afraid they aren't thinking.
That's why going after a 9 year old or MIT student with a t-shirt[0] makes sense, because they literally aren't thinking straight because they're so convinced there is a threat around every corner (thanks mass media!).
[0] https://boingboing.net/2007/09/21/mit-student-arrested.html
Haha. No, they don't. Not anymore at least.