We're still in the early phases of the investigation, and the FBI/Terrorism Team isn't saying much (Maybe because they don't have a suspect yet, and don't want to tip him off).
But they have said a little. The bombs were made from small pressure cookers, and both were carried to their detonation locations inside a heavy dark colored nylon bag or backpack.
Bombs made from pressure cookers are familiar to anyone working counter-terrorism. The New York Times bomber used one as one of three devices in the back of his SUV. There have also been pressure cooker devices successfully used in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
Before being chased off by drone raids, the la-Qaeda arm in Yemen published a magazine called "Inspire" - and in one of its editions it described how to make a pressure cooker bomb. It also said that Jihadists should target American Sporting events.
Of course, these same instructions were reprinted in magazines read by white supremacists and other extremists groups in the U.S. There is no indication, yet, that this is a Islamic terrorist plot.
However, the evidence is clearly starting to lean that way. A lack of any claims of responsibility also lean Islamic terrorism at this time. After all, there has been no arrest. A foreign sponsored group may be trying right now to get their man out of the U.S.
My money is on a domestic Islamic extremists who has no record, who may or may not have received training overseas, and is now looking for a way out of the country.
But if you've read this blog, you know I've been wrong before. Only time will tell.
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