Bomb Making Class News Today

Also joining us matt miller, former spokesman for attorney general eric holder, who was one of the targets of the mail bombs. and michelle goldberg, "the new york times" columnist. welcome to all of you. joyce vance, lets start with you and the bombs. the bomb experts tell me that the one good thing about bombs, particularly bombs sent through the mail is theres lots of evidence. theres lots of stuff to look through. theres lots of ways to figure out who is behind this. >> thats absolutely right...

Maker apparently was not the valid victorian of the bomb making class. were not sure all of them, but some of them were not going to go off. though they truly are bombs. to people who receive them and get these threats the effect is very similar. the this is meant to strike fear into the hearts of many people. what is the effect its had so far? >> i think youre right, thats the intent to strike terror. you saw john brennen say tonight hes not going to be intimidated. i think thatll be the effect...

Him to launch this attack. everybody whos looked at the bomb sees a pretty inept operation from his point of view. which does suggest that he maybe didnt get -- or as somebody put it he wasnt exactly the valedictorian of his bomb making class at the pakistani taliban, so it does raise the question was this guy, "a," a prime operative for the pakistani taliban? was he a bit of a wannabe who got kind of a sort of nod and a wink, go ahead, see what you can. we dont know. it is worth pointing out he...

Underwear bomber in this case the detonating devices didnt work. thats how we dodge the bullets. if the detonative devices started to be made better we are going to be in a l a lot of trouble. >> kt mcfarland if it also indicates god forbid theres a terror organization they are down getting the most incompetent low functioning creeps to do their dirtywork. >> if this is al qaeda, this is a guy who dot a d in the al qaeda bomb making class. he really didnt know what he was doing. what it does do ...

Underwear bomber in this case the detonating devices didnt work. thats how we dodge the bullets. if the detonative devices started to be made better we are going to be in a l a lot of trouble. >> kt mcfarland if it also indicates god forbid theres a terror organization they are down getting the most incompetent low functioning creeps to do their dirtywork. >> if this is al qaeda, this is a guy who dot a d in the al qaeda bomb making class. he really didnt know what he was doing. what it does do ...

Underwear bomber in this case the detonating devices didnt work. thats how we dodge the bullets. if the detonative devices started to be made better we are going to be in a l a lot of trouble. >> kt mcfarland if it also indicates god forbid theres a terror organization they are down getting the most incompetent low functioning creeps to do their dirtywork. >> if this is al qaeda, this is a guy who dot a d in the al qaeda bomb making class. he really didnt know what he was doing. what it does do ...