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Also joining us matt miller, former spokesman for attorney general eric holder, who was one of the targets of the mail bombs. and michelle goldberg, "the new york times" columnist. welcome to all of you. joyce vance, let's start with you and the bombs. the bomb experts tell me that the one good thing about bombs, particularly bombs sent through the mail is there's lots of evidence. there's lots of stuff to look through. there's lots of ways to figure out who is behind this. >> that's absolutely right. investigators can start by looking for fibers, for fingerprints and dna. those are some healt...

Maker apparently was not the valid victorian of the bomb making class. we're not sure all of them, but some of them were not going to go off. though they truly are bombs. to people who receive them and get these threats the effect is very similar. the this is meant to strike fear into the hearts of many people. what is the effect it's had so far? >> i think you're right, that's the intent to strike terror. you saw john brennen say tonight he's not going to be intimidated. i think that'll be the effect on all the people who receive these packages or who were intended to receive these packages. ...

Him to launch this attack. everybody who's looked at the bomb sees a pretty inept operation from his point of view. which does suggest that he maybe didn't get -- or as somebody put it he wasn't exactly the valedictorian of his bomb making class at the pakistani taliban, so it does raise the question was this guy, "a," a prime operative for the pakistani taliban? was he a bit of a wannabe who got kind of a sort of nod and a wink, go ahead, see what you can. we don't know. it is worth pointing out he hasn't made an appearance in court since -- since his arrest. he's waived his miranda rights. h...

Underwear bomber in this case the detonating devices didn't work. that's how we dodge the bullets. if the detonative devices started to be made better we are going to be in a l a lot of trouble. >> kt mcfarland if it also indicates god forbid there's a terror organization they are down getting the most incompetent low functioning creeps to do their dirtywork. >> if this is al qaeda, this is a guy who dot a d in the al qaeda bomb making class. he really didn't know what he was doing. what it does do is shows you this could happen. obviously the good news is everybody was alert the nypd was grea...

Underwear bomber in this case the detonating devices didn't work. that's how we dodge the bullets. if the detonative devices started to be made better we are going to be in a l a lot of trouble. >> kt mcfarland if it also indicates god forbid there's a terror organization they are down getting the most incompetent low functioning creeps to do their dirtywork. >> if this is al qaeda, this is a guy who dot a d in the al qaeda bomb making class. he really didn't know what he was doing. what it does do is shows you this could happen. obviously the good news is everybody was alert the nypd was grea...