Bodansky is, unfortunately in this case, reliable and solid.
He and Mansoor Ijaz are cut from the same cloth: hyperbole.
The only problem is that people have long since been desensitized to these reports. When the shepherd boy cries wolf long enough, people stop paying attention.
Look, it's a foregone conclusion that Muslims of Arabic descent wants to attack us. This should have been apparent since the Beirut massacre under Ronald Reagan and the multiple attacks under Clinton.
So, until someone can point to a specific target or a specific date for an attack, this is all just bull**** as usual.