Okay, I think we've got a pretty solid entrant in the contest to find the most dimwittedly alarmist report on the JFK pipeline 'plot'. As noted earlier, the whole idea behind the alleged 'plot' -- that the explosion would travel up and down the pipeline -- seems to make no sense.

But according to the AP's Adam Goldman, "such an attack would have crippled America's economy, particularly the airline industry."

Late Update: Runner-up, CNN online poll asking "Would the destruction of John F. Kennedy International Airport by terrorists have as much emotional impact as 9/11?"

Even Later Update: According to this article, Russell Freitas, the plot's ringleader, "sells books on street corners and exports broken air-conditioners to Guyana."