Matt Blaze@mattblaze@federate.social
- The photos of the pipe bombs are exactly what you think pipe bombs would look like, complete with wires coming out of them and a kitchen timer. They were just out in the open, and they don't appear to have been concealed inside a bag or anything. Anyone who saw them would very likely run and call the cops.
- Apparently recently discovered cell phone records (held by the feds) were instrumental in identifying the suspect.
Matt Blaze@mattblaze@federate.social
- Again, when they say "you're under arrest for planting bombs", this is a situation where you DEFINITELY want a lawyer.
- They don't say how powerful the bombs would have been (assuming they weren't completely inert), but improvised bombs of that size with real explosives could definitely do some real damage.
- The combination of the guy's savvy (he wasn't caught for almost five years, after all) and ineptitude is striking.