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Backpacks so theyve been bounced around. youre walking down a street. fusing and firing system in there is being jostled a little bit. you know, we dont know until the fbi lab comes back and the forensic etf guys look at it all but, you know, it looks like there is a chance -- these are remote controlled and command detonated devices so they are placed, if it turns out to be theyre command detonated which looks to me like it is based on the timing and placement and the circuitry ive seen -- that...

Detonate. they all reliably detonate. theyve been carried in backpacks so theyve been bounced around. youre walking down a street. fusing and firing system in there is being jostled a little bit. you know, we dont know until the fbi lab comes back and the forensic etf guys look at it all but, you know, it looks like there is a chance -- these are remote controlled and command detonated devices so they are placed, if it turns out to be theyre command detonated which looks to me like it is based o...

Concern for the persons well-being, which is genuine, but its also some way to diffuse the situation. this guy was pretty weak, craig. he had been bleeding all night. hes not a big guy and he lost a lot of blood. he might have been shot again in that volley of 20 shots or 40 shots. >> and no food as well all day yesterday. >> thats true. >> based on the caliber of the bombs used, both at the marathon and during the chase, james, how sophisticated were these devices? >> well, you know, theyre ver...

Uni bomber and eric rudolph, that took a very long time to solve. does it make it a more difficult case to solve if you are dealing with an individual as opposed to a group? >> well, not necessarily. because you know, when youre on your own, youre alone. not only do you have to make the fusing and firing system, you have to purchase the components, deliver the device. youve got a chance of being seen. then you could have a couple of conspirators of multiple

Your own, youre alone. not only do you have to make the fusing and firing system, you have to purchase the components, deliver the device. youve got a chance of being seen. then you could have a couple of conspirators of multiple conspirators as well. >> all right, grant fredricks and james cavanaugh, thank you both for your time tonight. i appreciate i. coming up, more on the national reaction to the attack. well be right back. ♪

Being a single individual, has not been ruled out by anything we know so far, does that make it a harder case to solve? clearly, there are cases, the uni bomber and eric rudolph, that took a very long time to solve. does it make it a more difficult case to solve if you are dealing with an individual as opposed to a group? >> well, not necessarily. because you know, when youre on your loown, youre alone. not only do you have to make the fusing and firing system, you have to purchase the component...

Treading carefully inside the apartment of shooting suspect james holmes, making sure to successfully disarm each and every single device after they were forced to use a controlled explosion just to get their way inside. that blast disabling only some of the traps, now one of the biggest concerns that remains, deactivating whats left of more than 30 makeshift explosives set up inside the apartment. kevin barry is with us, hes a retired new york police department bomb technician who now works wit...