And let's not forget that if Homeland Security actually worked the way it was supposed to, then Boston should've been able to communicate to other major markets that this was a hoax and prevent them from over reacting as well. Has that happened? That quarter of a trillion dollars was well spent, eh?

Hell, the blind panic even started to spread to Chicago, who knew about the devices, knew what they were, and went back to reexamine the issue of what they were after Boston started panicking.

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