Clearly Boston officials still don't understand...

"It's clear the intent was to get attention by causing fear and unrest that there was a bomb in that location," Assistant Attorney General John Grossman said at their arraignment.

I wonder if it's illegal to make intentionally false statements like that in an arraignment.

"The appearance of this device and its location are crucial," Grossman said. "This device looks like a bomb."

Some in the gallery snickered.

Fortunately, the defendants don't seem to be taking their situation too hard. If I was facing years in prison I don't know if I'd be this silly about it.

"What we really want to talk about today -- it's kind of important to some people -- it's haircuts of the 1970s," Berdovsky said.

Courier News Online - 2 released as Boston officials seek restitution for cartoon hoax