Which caused a power vacuum in the Japan Socialist Party they never recovered from and set back the communist subversion of Japan to this day. It would be like running up on stage and shanking [a presidential candidate].
This is why I'm in the camp that these are all glow ops, or mgs2-esque "Creating the circumstances that create terrorists to use as publicity stunts to create fear to keep the masses okay with whatever the next squeeze the feds are after this quarter.
A real far-right terrorist however inundated to online esoteric meme culture would know what targets to strike. Even if you're not going for hard targets, you go for [obvious gathering place of despised out-group of your choosing] like Tarrant did.
The beast that the Federal Government has become, by design, is called an Egregore. A psychospheric entity formed from collective subconscious aims. It is a Demon (see: Democracy), fueled by belief and labor of so many government employees. This is why there's endless hyper-redundant positions, from the lowly DMV drone to the numbers of congress, scotus, endless department heads and why all these positions are constantly being refreshed (because former heads and employees still passively contribute to its power and new, fresh, earnest and active participants constantly being injected into it keep it strong. Think of cycling elections like cycling steroids.)
It's not a Hydra, I'm short for what I'm thinking of but I know there are mythical beasts that use illusions to make you think you're attacking it but reality, you're eliminating it's other threats. (Someone remind me).
The Federal Egregore will never attack itself, and if it appears to, it is only attack a malfunctioning member of its form. This a non-physical entity that uses rituals (paperwork, waiting in line at the DMV, etc) and true believers (W.A.S.P.s, Academics, Lemmings, etc) to function and fuel it's life much like the Human body sleeps, eats, shits. The best comparison is "fake targets" would be like wiping a giant retard's ass after it's shit itself. Even going for "real targets", the heads of state, fail because the constant shuffle upwards fuels it's power. The Egregore appears as if a Hydra to get you to attack its heads (Heracles slays the Hydra by having his Nephew/Younger Cousin sear the stumped necks after each decapitation) to fuel this power shuffling.
The only sure way to kill this "Federal Egregore" is to let it kill itself. Communist Subversion over decades was introduced to prep the United States up, make enemies of the whole world (even itself), then send it crashing down. You can always know someone's true intentions by the results of their actions. The FED will squeeze with disregard until the U.S. dies or fries.
The only way to win is not to play. Don't buy into the Suicide Prevention propaganda. If a giant retarded dragon with seven heads and seven horns and seven crowns is threatened to kill itself if you don't fight for it's quality of life, don't let it guilt trip you (it's not your fault) and don't let it bait you into pushing it (he has wings and breathes fire), but simply ignore the attention-seeking pathetic behavior until it dies of sheer ignorance. Even now, it uses the media cycles and the net to constantly remind you of it. Having opinions is having thoughts, and having thoughts is contributing energy from your personal hologram to the Egregore's hologram and allowing it to warp all corners of the Reality Temple into a soaking wet tiny little sand lot that nobody plays in anymore.