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This. as you look at kind of putting together a profile, what else would you think of? >> well, first i think it's really important to emphasize that the investigators on this case are going to have to keep a very open mind. it's very attractive to make certain assumptions. and they're obvious assumptions. someone might say this is clearly some guy who's a right-winger, mentally unstable, motivated by hatred, perhaps stoked by rhetoric from the white house. but we have to understand that this could even be a group. it could be a domestic organization. it could be a white hate organization. it ...

By the president of the united states himself. >> that is in fact the difference. jim, let's talk about these devices. the information we're getting is they were real. they could actually have exploded. what about what we know about this is going to help us figure out who and why? >> you've got to look at the make-up of the bomb. you look at the bomb carefully to see if you can zurn who the bomber is. you talked about a timer, it's been reported the bomb has a timer. timers aren't normally used in mail bombs. a digital timer here is most likely a safe arms switch. it's used by the bomber so he...

And because of the uncertainty of the powder, the anthrax threat or concern, that's why the wide-scale evacuations were conducted. >> frank, the commissioner reminds me that most bombers turn out to be lone wolves, male, have whatever gets in their head that they need to do this. as you look at kind of putting together a profile, what else would you think of? >> well, first i think it's really important to emphasize that the investigators on this case are going to have to keep a very open mind. it's very attractive to make certain assumptions. and they're obvious assumptions. someone might say...

The information we're getting is they were real. they could actually have exploded. what about what we know about this is going to help us figure out who and why? >> you've got to look at the make-up of the bomb. you look at the bomb carefully to see if you can zurn who the bomber is. you talked about a timer, it's been reported the bomb has a timer. timers aren't normally used in mail bombs. a digital timer here is most likely a safe arms switch. it's used by the bomber so he can carry the package, manipulate the package, put it into the mail stream, get it out of his car and it won't detonat...

Would you think of? >> well, first i think it's really important to emphasize that the investigators on this case are going to have to keep a very open mind. it's very attractive to make certain assumptions. and they're obvious assumptions. someone might say this is clearly some guy who's a right-winger, mentally unstable, motivated by hatred, perhaps stoked by rhetoric from the white house. but we have to understand that this could even be a group. it could be a domestic organization. it could be a white hate organization. it could be somebody simply experimenting with mail bombs that wants t...