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| San Bernardino follow up: FBI - Attackers tried to detonate bomb |
| 2016-01-18 |
| [The Hill] he couple who carried out the San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist attack last year also tried to detonate a bomb in the building, the FBI said Friday. David Bowdich, the bureau's top investigator into the Dec. 2 attack, said Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik likely attempted to detonate a pipe bomb hidden inside of a bag at the Inland Regional Center, according to the Los Angeles Times. Bowdich said the agency is still unsure whether the couple planned to detonate the bomb on first responders or paramedics tending to the wounded after the attack. Farook brought the bag carrying the bomb into the facility when he arrived at 8:37 a.m., Bowdich said. The bomb was "armed and ready to detonate," and police found a remote control for a toy car in the couple's SUV. The couple drove around San Bernardino and Redlands for several hours before their deaths in a gunfight with police. During that window, they did not stray far from the building. A federal official previously told the Times that they may not have been able to set off the device because the remote was out of range. Bowdich said the mystery remains unsolved, as they have not been able to find any schematics or written plans indicating how they might use the bomb. Still nothing on the types or source of the explosive material? I thought not. "And I will be quite frank: I am not sure we will ever know that answer," he said. So why don't we just take the FBI's word for it and move along. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Funny, one would have thought a mobile phone would've been used instead. RoboCalls... Or calls regarding your tab at the local bar... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-01-18 15:30 |
| #5 Nobody bothered to test the explosive...? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-01-18 13:56 |
| #4 An interesting question. Low rent, off-brand jihad? It is interesting. Also odd that a (traceable) vehicle was rented for the op. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-01-18 13:53 |
| #3 Funny, one would have thought a mobile phone would've been used instead. An interesting question. Low rent, off-brand jihad? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-01-18 13:23 |
| #2 I wonder what the reaction would be if the word got out that the reason the bombs didn't go off was because the FBI sold them fake explosive? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-01-18 12:52 |
| #1 A federal official previously told the Times that they may not have been able to set off the device because the remote was out of range. There's that possibility. Also possible is the building's construction. Funny, one would have thought a mobile phone would've been used instead. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-01-18 11:16 |