You know your scenario is too involved when...

it makes the Drudge Report for being too provocative.

Iowa Terror Drill Portrays Immigration Foes as Killers

Critics: Iowa terror drill portrays immigration foes as killers

describes how the scenario itself made news:

"The exercise scenario describes shootings occurring after rising tensions in the community because of an influx of minorities. The newcomers, some who are American citizens and some who are illegal immigrants, were to have moved into a rural area from urban areas in search of more-affordable living. The newcomers are not welcomed by racial extremists, and controversy sweeps the community.

"One of the fictional suspects involved in the shootings is described an 18-year-old white male with a quick-tempered father who is a firearms enthusiast with ties to an underground white supremacy group. A second fictional suspect is described as an isolated 17-year-old white male student who was befriended by the older student and who mimics his new friend."

Someone got a bit too carried away with their creative writing skills. According to the article, local supporters of illegal immigrants (I mean, undocumented citizens) are outraged, and so are the white supremacists (excuse, me, militia groups exercising their constitutional rights). The school that is hosting the drill is embarrassed.

Unless the exercise objectives include understanding and infiltrating the minds of the terrorists (I'm sorry, I meant to say "misunderstood man-caused disaster suspects"), then merely a report of a group of people shooting students is enough to trigger a terror response.

Something to add to the Lessons Learned database...