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Were very small devices that can go in the regular post here in the u.s. if. a pipe if a package weighs over a pound it has to be taken into the post office and someone would get a look at you and you would be on camera so from that point if you theres been an attempt to hide. who did it and what they were doing on the other hand theyre very strangely constructed not just are they small but theyre small and were what weve heard so far theyre pyrotechnic which means theyre not going to do a lot o...

Usually shown on fictional bombs. you have said and so many experts have said they remind viewers, not a single one of these bombs has gone off. from an investigative standpoint, what does that tell you? >> well, one of two things. he did not take the time to develop the technical capability of having the devices actually detonate, as he would if he wanted that to happen. he did not have the technical capability. he wasnt practicing. he didnt work through the details. or two, this is for show. t...

Profiling a charity and fox news fans are stepping up and helping to make a difference now, ans sli back with our final installment of the year, take a look. >> this air force sargeant had a dangerous job imaginable, tasked with disarming live bombs. in september, 2011 he was responding to a blast that injured a marine. his life would change, forever. here is how it was described when he was awarded the silver star. >> upon reaching the vehicle, he used his detector to clear a safe path and assi...

>> it was a new type of explosive that we had never seen and either attempted in the u.s. or around the world by terrorists. so all of our explosive detection equipment which screens over a million checked bags every day just in the u.s. wasnt calibrated to detect that. >> reporter: john pistole said that device had what he called a double initiation system. two syringes of chemical detonators instead of one. and, he says, al asiri encased that bomb in household caulk, so the explosive vapors co...

And either attempted in the u.s. or around the world by terrorists. so all of our explosive detection equipment which screens over a million checked bags every day just in the u.s. wasnt calibrated to detect that. >> reporter: john pistole said that device had what he called a double initiation system. two syringes of chemical detonators instead of one. and, he says, al asiri encased that bomb in household caulk, so the explosive vapors couldnt be detected by machines or dogs. has this young mas...

With his own brother? >> it says that hes absolutely ruthless. not only is he ruthless, he is, according to leading explosive experts in the west, really good at what he does. hes proud the most sophisticated devices ever seen from al qaeda. >> reporter: last year u.s. officials say he was behind another foiled plot to send another bomb in the underwear of a terrorist on a commercial plane bound for the u.s. the head of the tsa called that a next gen device. >> it was a new type of explosive tha...

Absolutely ruthless, he is, according to leading explosive experts in the west, really good at what he does. hes proud the most sophisticated devices ever seen from al qaeda. >> reporter: last year, u.s. officials say al asiri was behind another foiled plot to send another bomb in the underwear of a terrorist on a commercial plane bound for the u.s. the head of the tsa called that a next gen device. >> it was a new type of explosive that we had never seen and either attempted in the u.s. or arou...