I don&#x27;t know how thoroughly you read the article, but it did get pretty in depth about what was going on in this particular case, the motivations you are outlining aren&#x27;t the same as the ones LaDue had.<p>He wasn&#x27;t interested in the glory. He has a mild case of autism, displaying what is called a &quot;restricted range of interests&quot; causing him to obsess deeply over various aspects of his chosen field, individual acts of terrorism.<p>On some level, he understood that what he was planning was wrong, and self-sabotaged his efforts at a subconscious level. I get the impression that if left alone, he may have talked himself out of doing it &quot;this year,&quot; setting subsequent dates that will then get put off in the same manner.<p>What seemed to drive him was his very obsession, carrying it out would have robbed him of the ability to keep obsessing. Redirected, his obsession would make for a great career in law enforcement, once he gets his condition under control.