Big ups for the UK, but would has anything like this been prosecuted in the US. I am sure some of the bullying on twitter and facebook has been prosecuted, but that was only when a link could be drawn between the menacing speech and a negative outcome for the victim.

Specifically, if I threaten to blow up the airport, but no one who hears that threat feel threatened, is that even a crime. This was the basis of the ruling in the UK, but is threatening even a crime in the US, if no one feels threatened?

This is an honest question that I sure one of our legal scholars can tell us about.