So just like that, major American media outlets converted someone about whom they knew nothing into a dangerous terrorist in the middle of executing an ISIS-related terror plot. And the heroic law enforcement officials didn’t just kill an ISIS Terrorist on the loose in America, but likely disrupted a vicious sleeper cell. All of that was achieved without a shred of evidence or investigation: just mindlessly repeating the self-justifying claims of the police agents who had just killed him.

Even the police’s version of events, if believed, raises all sorts of questions. They say Rahim was under “24-hour surveillance” by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, and were monitoring him for at least two years. When they approached him, they had no arrest or search warrant, but instead simply wanted to question him. When they did so, he pulled out his knife, and when he refused to put it away and walked toward them, they shot and killed him.

There are numerous questions raised by all of this. If Rahim was so dangerous, why didn’t the constant surveillance result in any charges?

"We are deeply concerned about what the police justification was for approaching Mr. Rahim without securing a warrant from a judge," someone close to Rahim's family said.

• Terror suspect Usaamah Rahim, who was fatally shot Tuesday after waving a military knife at police officers in Boston, called his father that day to say "his goodbyes," according to a law enforcement official. The conversation was caught by investigators who had been monitoring Rahim's email and phone activity during 24-7 surveillance.

• Law enforcement officials believe they have tracked down everyone involved in the Boston plot.

• The FBI had been watching Rahim for a few years and said his behavior had changed in that time. He had made social media threats to police officers, they said.