I remarked elsewhere that, if someone media-savvy could use this to show the USA's voters that the terrorists hate our Science as well as our freedoms, we might get all manner of space telescopes and stem cell therapies funded.
If we hadn't already been warned by Quirrel I might start offering advice to anyone who cares about US scientific funding...
Something a number of LWers should probably be cautious of.
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110822/full/476373a.html