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It was in a goodwill. we had one person injured. its all up in the air right now. i must tell you the local law enforcement, atf, are doing a wonderful job. everyone is working together. its a serious issue there, and people must be very, very careful as they begin to move around the city. its one of those things you dont think its going to happen in your city. >> sure. >> here it is now. but i think every responding and people are certainly aware of whats out there. >> you said this incendiary ...

Have seen over, now, since this began are three devices left on porches, then a trip wire device, and then obviously two devices in fedex facilities today, one which detonated, one which did not. does it concern you that the methodology of this person or persons seems to be changing as law enforcement gets used to one thing? they seem to change to something else. >> well, i dont think youre dealing with a rookie here or rookies. and i think that its certainly that this perpetrator/perpetrators i...

The one interesting clue, the trip wire device we saw this week, that tells me that whoever staged that operation, whoever put the device there, didnt have a specific target in mind, maybe they had a neighborhood in mind. when you have a trip wire device, youre not looking at a specific involved, theres no race involved, no ethnicity involved. initially we had questions about whether race might be a motive. when you have a trip wire, youre trying to hit anybody that goes by. >> phil mudd, stick ...

Keep in mind that we came here to austin to cover the austin bombings, we will have a lot more on specific trip wire bombing that happened here on sunday in our next half hour. but its such a fluid situation, things seem to be changing by the minute, guys. steve: it does indeed. todd, reporting live from austin thank you very much. joining us on the couch bob sexton former cia analyst also with the intel division of the new york city police department. buck, the randomness of these targets is st...

Bomber. more than 500 federal agents now helping authorities saying the fourth device that exploded last night is the most sophisticated. it had a trip wire. what are police saying is the significancer behind using a trip wire device? >> well, a couple of things. it does suggest the bomber in these stakes more sophisticated, more capable of making a more complex bomb. they are rudeimentory parts that are accessible. it suggests a level of expertise that is further along. it also suggests in the ...