Stockholm Syndrome

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME:

This phrase has been popping up every once in a while usually used in analysis of an abduction situation wherein the victim gradually identifies favorably with their captor and who performs tasks not in character for them ordinarily.

Having said that and not knowing the etiology of the Syndrome I shall now go Google it. Maybe there was an incident in Stockholm where some one captured some else and got them to rob a bank for instance. Alternatively perhaps some professor from Stockholm promulgated this theory. So lets go to Google.

Stockholm syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, Sweden, in which several bank employees were held hostage in a bank vault from August 23 to 28, 1973, while their captors negotiated with police. During this standoff, the victims became emotionally attached to their captors, rejected assistance from government officials at one point, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal. The term was coined by the criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot as "Norrmalmstorgssyndromet" (Swedish), directly translated as The Norrmalmstorg Syndrome, but then later became known abroad as the Stockholm syndrome. It was originally defined by psychiatrist Frank Ochberg to aid the management of hostage situations.

Got the bank robbery part right at least. Poor Mr. Bejerot, robbed of Normallmstorg Syndrome. It coulda been Bjerot Syndrome...or Ochberg Syndrome.

My mind does not normally think sneaky but here goes:

I have been thinking about the ISIS people who want to get plastic bombs onto airplanes. I find myself wondering if ISIS has truly long range planning regarding this act. I find myself wondering if the FBI or CIA or NSA have brain stormed about the possibility of ISIS getting agents hired at any major air plane manufacturer and routinely installing plastic bombs into the structure of the planes well ahead of any use? How good is the security at any American airplane manufacture? Do their HR departments conduct security clearances? Do they even ask interview questions such as “How do you feel about working on various religious holidays?” or “Do you like to travel? You do? Oh where have you traveled? What was your favorite?” These are loaded questions but I think it might be legal to ask. Just thinkin' out loud is all.......