Bomb Plot Thwarted in Portland

The FBI thwarted a terrorist plot to detonate a bomb at Portland's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Reported: "Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, a Somali-born U.S. citizen, was arrested at 5:42 p.m., 18 minutes before the tree lighting was to occur, on an accusation of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine."

The device used as the bomb was a fake, supplied by the FBI which had a long running undercover operation observing Mohamud and his associates.

There was no doubt as to the intent of Mahamud as he told the FBI: "I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave either dead or injured."

The suspect should be treated as an enemy combatant and taken to Guantanamo Bay for  interrogation.  He is not a criminal, he was undertaking actions of war against the United States.  There is no logical reason to treat this as just another criminal act.  It was an act of war, a long running war that has been going on since at least 1993 when the WTC was first attacked by Al Qaeda operatives.

But don't expect the Obama administration to act in a manner that conveys we're actually at war with enemies foreign and domestic.