Twitter is a terrible medium for discussing nuanced issues.Sourcing this video interview for example: https://youtu.be/3mW4w0Y1OXE -Ahmed did not "invent" the clock as he has claimed. He took the clock's case off and put it into a small metal box from Target. He says he put a cable around the case to secure it so that it *wouldn't* look suspicious, but the case has a normal clasp.-Ahmed has subsequently lied about every other one of his supposed inventions. He claimed to have "invented" a usb hub, which has now been widely reported, but in fact it's just an existing usb hub he took the case off of.-He demonstrates some sort of invention briefly and highlights a transformer et al (the bundle of wires and whatnot), but that is confirmed to just be a karaoke machine taken out of its case and put into a big pile.-He also later claimed to have invented bluetooth speakers, but says he doesn't have them anymore. And "an invention that harnesses power by using neodymium magnets."Every one of his claimed inventions is fraudulent.His initial motivations regarding bringing the clock to school? Unknown. Could have just been showing off to try to get cool points. It's clear that at no point did the school administration take the metal box as a legitimate bomb threat, though, since no precautions were taken and a bomb squad wasn't called in and an evacuation didn't take place. Rather it was immediately taken as an attempt at a bomb *hoax*, which is why he was arrested. Now, the arrest itself seems to be overboard/illegal and the validity of the accusations (whether he did anything to insinuate it was an actual bomb) are all in question, and potentially the result of racial profiling.Fact remains, though, that the kid is caught up in a string of lies and is going all the way with it. It's good that we can leverage this case into broader societal concerns, but Ahmed shouldn't be propped up as a prodigy inventor in any way, and his personal statements have zero credibility.