Creative Speculation

...and the continuing similar behavior exposed by the 2012 Senate Committee on Homeland Security, in which the 680 'successes fighting terrorism' were exposed , in large part, as wasteful and dishonest entrapment, encouragement, funding, and supplying operations - cynical manipulations, serving to justify the existence and extravagant funding of the Fusion Centers while furthering the demonisation of Muslims.
This was backed up and further exposed in 2013 in Trevor Aaronson's "The Terror Factory" in greater detail.

Saluting the generated headlines about "Blocked Terrorism Operations" while ignoring the sordid details demonstrates gullibility or worse.