I thought so.
I wonder if that was what the "save the cheerleader, save the world," thing was about.
No doubt, if Bennett had been killed, his company would have started wiping out the 'specials' because they were too dangerous.
Plus, if Peter had never gone there, he wouldn't have learned that he needed to control his powers.
I thought it was interesting (and awesome) that Claude was once in the company.
Did anyone else see Linderman in the previews for next week? Is he the Architect from the Matrix Reloaded?
-kv