Flight Sim enquiry raises terror alert

ok. Get this. "A mother's enquiry about buying Microsoft Flight Simulator for her ten-year-old son prompted a night-time visit to her home from a state trooper. Julie Olearcek, a USAF Reserve pilot made the enquiry at a Staples store in Massachusetts, ..." What in the world??? This article has a classic quote: "in Massachusetts, home to an earlier bout of hysteria, during the Salem witch trials." hehe - doh! My question is, how can an enquiry... errr ... I'm in the US ... inquiry about buying M$ Flight Simulator be menacing? Someone give that Staples' clerk a relaxer... :) Read the story at The Register!!