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A few days ago, Reuters reported, a young man named Alfred Dreyling was arrested when he tried to board a Delta Airlines flight out of Oklahoma City. It seems he had a pipe bomb in his carry-on bag.

An Oklahoma man told federal investigators he forgot a pipe bomb he built for fun was in his luggage when tried to board an airplane, according to court documents released on Thursday.

You read that right: He "forgot" he was carrying a bomb. He claimed he makes them for fun and has been doing it for some years.

It was interesting seeing how different sources covered this: In a number of them, it wasn't a bomb at all, it was "an explosive device" or even "a small explosive device." Dreyling even got the support of a former mayor of Oklahoma City, who called it a "glorified firecracker."

The bad news for him is that he was brought into federal court where he was released on $10,000 bail. Conviction carries a possible penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The good news for him is that he's not a dark-skinned Muslim. If he was, he'd already be in Gitmo.