All too often, certain terrorist activities are shrugged off as “lone wolf” incidents — those carried out by someone who acts alone, without the help or encouragement of a government or a terrorist organization — if there is minimal awareness about the context behind the crime.
This is precisely the scenario that the U.S. must avoid when it comes to the new federal charges against Aram Brunson. On August 29, the Massachusetts native of Armenian descent was charged with engaging in a scheme to cover up efforts to develop bomb-making skills, and with making false statements to federal officials.
The case stems from an explosion in his dormitory room at the University of Chicago last year, as well as his alleged false statements to officials at Boston’s Logan International Airport after his bags set off alarms for explosives.
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