anomalous or seems questionable

A flight from Los Angeles to London was diverted to New York City after the crew reported a suspicious passenger who was only a legit passenger and employee of the airline.

"I think the good news here, of course, is an alert crew sees something that's anomalous or seems questionable and they take action," said US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

"anomalous or seems questionable "?!?!
I love how everytime some American panics and is then proven wrong, the authorities still applaud them as if what they did was correct.