Thank you Guest 10 Dec 05 - 08:29 AM. That was the first well articulated and pursuasive statement I've heard (here or in real life) of what is wrong with this scenario.

I said earlier that the guy may have earned the shot IF the marshalls weren't lying. Unfortunately, I can only guess as to whether their version is a lie. If I had to guess one way or the other, I would guess they were more flustered than calmly and coolly calculating bomb risks, and that he never clearly indicated any bombing intention or even used the word bomb.

But we just can't know. We can't convict those marshalls on a weak guess that they're probably fabricating.