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0 these are known passport holders. >> okay. but have -- have lprs also been contacted? >> yes. >> and what about siv applicants, people who are -- we're in contact -- >> will we get -- >> i'm sorry. >> i don't expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began there's been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and there's been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you were dealt by the previous to deal with the taliban in terms of the siv program in terms of the...

I mean, you know, loaded for bear, particularly those f-15s. that's a frightening possibility right there. >> well, obviously, they are very rarely going to train with live ammunition except on a very controlled circumstance on a range. they've clearly gotten to a point, this was obviously a young student. hadn't even gotten to the point where they were training on aircraft. we need to take a step back, and i'm sure everyone's aware of it. we're going to look at how did the vetting process work, how did this individual get into our country, what were the family tice or were there any. we'll wo...

Everybody else's alarms went off. all the screening processes were increased. i think the secret service, the u.s. marshals and all the protective details just increased their surveillance of packages looking for these. and of course that went out in concentric circles across the country and many are were entwe intercepted. >> and how dangerous is this kind of pipe bomb? >> i think the fact that the pipe bombs were actually made of plastic pvc pipe reduces the amount of pressure that can build up behind them and therefore the blast radius will be minimized and i think the fact is that he added...

The first bomb was discovered, that everybody's on high alert. so the screening processes were increased dramatically, and so all the other bombs were not actually delivered to where they ultimately intended to go. so it could be that. it could also be that this is not a sophisticated bombmaker. that it's a first-time bomber. and we have to look at the materials he used and how sophisticated the devices are. and then hopefully we'll be able to determine whether or not he actually has done this before. but most bombers who are successful actually test their bombs before they send them out. mayb...

Is it because the sender didn't intend for them to detonate or are we talking about an unskilled bomb maker here? >> could be a number of things. could be those two things you mentioned. it could also be that because the first bomb was discovered that everybody's on high alert. so the screening processes were increased dramatically, and so all the other bombs were not actually delivered to where they ultimately intended to go. so it could be that. it could also be that this is not a sophisticated bomb maker. that it's a first-time bomber. and we have to look at the materials he used and how so...