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On this point, of florida, we talked a bit about forensic profiling based on the evidence and individual. there is also some may call geographic profiling. i was talking about last hour. when you have different data points, so you know how many packages you have. you know geographically how they spread across united states. you also know the timing of when they have been discovered, and you can look back in some cases to when they were processed through postal facilities. you can triangulate tha...

Because he had recalled seeing an envelope come into the deniro offices on tuesday. he called the bomb squad. the rest is history. chuck, do a little profiling here. looking at these packages -- and its important that they all be opened in the same place, and you dont have different police departments tearing them open so we can glean as much as possible. what kinds of people traditionally have done something like this? >> well, lots of different people, from the mentally ill

>> this would be 13 at this point, i believe. >> incredible, stephanie. >> it is incredible. lets bring clint back in in terms of profiling. we have got some information on who this man is. and it is stunning. our colleague from the investigations team rich shapiro had a lot to say. he was thrown out of the house at 19. he worked as a dancer and a bouncer. living out of a van for a time. and going to the gym to shower, unclear where he was living most recently or what he was doing for work. as o...

Offices on tuesday. he called the bomb squad. the rest is history. chuck, do a little profiling here. looking at these packages -- and its important that they all be opened in the same place, and you dont have different police departments tearing them open so we can glean as much as possible. what kinds of people traditionally have done something like this? >> well, lots of different people, from the mentally ill to, as barrett said, terrorists, and everyone in between. you have to be awfully ca...

An envelope come into the deniro offices on tuesday. he called the bomb squad. the rest is history. chuck, do a little profiling here. looking at these packages -- and its important that they all be opened in the same place, and you dont have different police departments tearing them open so we can glean as much as possible. what kinds of people traditionally have done something like this? >> well, lots of different people, from the mentally ill to, as barrett said, terrorists, and everyone in b...

Cut off their supply and be able to bring them to justice in a much more expeditious manner. i think you will see this solved much quicker. >> laura: if you were profiling this case what -- what do you think the hallmarks are here of who might be behind this given -- the way this device was assembled and the targets that were chosen. >> well that is not really my expertise to talk about profiling but usually bombs are by somebody that is either disgruntled, evil or just plain crazy. its hard to ...

And identify those perpetrators, cut off their supply and bring them to justice in a much more expeditious manner. i think you will see this resolved much quicker than you would have in an incident like, for example, the unabomber. >> laura: if you were profiling this case, what do you think the hallmarks are here, of who might be behind this? given the way this device was assembled and of the targets that obviously were chosen? >> thats not really my expertise to talk about profiling, but usual...

But where would you start in terms of profiling who this person might be or people might be? >> the first thing that struck me about this and what helped me in developing a profile is what the persons motivation is. the obvious might be said this is a right wing individual full of hate and wants to hurt these people. however, ali, no one has been hurt. no device has gone off. what if its the opposite. that it is someone to the left politically and trying to create sympathy for left wing public f...

Struck by his public comments and in fact, reigniting this back and forth even as the investigator tricing to track down who is responsible, and if in fact there are other bombs out there. chris? >> and quickly a confirmation, any indication at this point that the president made phone calls to the obamas or the clintons? >> no information that he made those call, and i asked sarah sa sanders about that this morning and she ignored my question. >> and so, now to the politics of this, and versus t...

Epicenter and the investigative waves are moving out from that point. >> lets talk about how youd be profiling. and im curious the decision, this idea that he sent two. jim referenced this may 2 to 1 person. this would indicate more rage. any other things that could indicate? >> i think it could indicate more rage. but if its a hoax device, is it a double hoax? is this someone that was irritated? and realize this guy or guys right now, they have had a bomb making factory. they have had an assemb...