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Even, for example, you talk about tripwires. so one of the things that tripwires conjures up is the idea of somebody maybe from the military or maybe someone who was part of someil guerilla warfare movement. they can go back and make some educated guesses of the persons skills and talents and where they picked them up from looking at the way the bomb was assembled and then we go from there. you just cant underestimate, particularly now that we have only had -- and i say "only."t its very sad and...

At the forensics and the shrap nell to get a sense of who the suspect is and theyre turning to the public. thats why you have $100,000 looking for information. if we look at the history of serial bombers in the past theyre very difficult to track down unless and until they make a mistake. >> sandra: >> eric: and they have the political motive, you have ted kaczynski, the unibomber going after people 20 years and the mad bomber in new york city angry because he was fired from the city government....

The schertz police chief saying the package, all they know, at the time had been traveling along that automatic conveyor. they dont know who mailed the package, the address we still dont know. tell us how hard its going to be for investigators to piece the package back together again. theres two main components of an investigation like this. one is the forensics from the devices themselves. they leave a lot of evidence. you can assume theres teams working each individual device, its remnants, th...

Specific group of bomb makers working together. its important to know that subtract the backpack trip wire, theres something consistent there. something to say the trip wire was to set off the narrative and distract police. theres a lot to consume and a lot to understand. theres a lot of keys and signs and even forensics. weve taken fingerprints off of tape of bombs that have blown up in afghanistan. >> you can try to -- for the components that have exploded, you can look and see where those mig...

Us, first of all, if they have ever seen something like this before. even, for example, you talk about trip wires. one of the things that trip wires conjures up is the idea of maybe you somebody from the military or maybe someone who was part of some girl lguerilla warfare movement. they can make a guess skills and talents from looking at the way the bomb was assembled and then we go from there. you just cant underestimate, particularly now that we have only had and i say only its very sad and t...

D.n.a. looking for different components that could be traceable. thats a painstaking process. but at this stage, there is very little else for law enforcement to go on here to get a sense of who this suspect might be, what the profile of the suspect should be. brian: couple things it could be if you want to remove the fingerprints and go through the forensics have one way. is there another track that looks at what austin means what south by southwest means. capital of texas? auto could they be t...

>> well, i dont know the answer to that either, neil. you can go on the g and it coul be someone not sophisticated. and that is probably correct. and the normal investigative routines are going on as we speak. you know neighborhoods, broadcast to the public. and the forensics of what is left from the devices. i think the public will play a big role in this set of tragedies down there in texas. >> neil: we mentioned a woman ha who was active in hunting down the unni bomber. it was a slip up on hi...

Forward and start a dialogue and tell law enforcement whats going on. >> typically a serial bomb ser looking to say something to someone. >> they want to give out a message. this person wants attention. >> we dont know the message. >> right. we dont know the message. part of the investigation is the message. the forensic part is key. thats crucial. thats whats happening right now, trying to get the signature of the bomber, trying to figure out this particular type of bomb device, it has been use...

Into opening a box. hes likely to change again, stef. i mean, youre perceptive in seeing this because hes likely to change. he might change the time delay. he could change to a different way to plant the device near a vehicle or under a vehicle or somewhere else. but hes very clever not going into the commercial areas. now, this bomb sent to fedex can give some great leads because he probably did have to go to a commercial fedex drop. he may be on camera. of course, he may be wearing a hood and ...

Message from the bomber to try to find out what this person wants and in doing so potentially identify the bomber himself. >> gabe, weve heard a lot of pressers from the austin police department. they tend to be fullsome and interesting. this one was different. we got no information. >> not a whole lot of information. i will point out something to what you and your guests were discussing, talking about the forensics of the package. at the scene where im at, the scene of the fourth explosion that...