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Exploded that way. so i'm not sure. i haven't seen the direct evidence that the pressure cookers were used that way, but certainly it would have acted with similar fashion to a pipe bomb. >> and, tom, the reports that it was likely a timing device, not remote detonation through a cell phone, the significance of that? >> well, it means that it could have been carried out by one person, go to one location, place the device there with a timer set to go off, at approximately 3:00 p.m. go to the second location, and place the device and then walk away and be gone when both go off. so that's a possi...

Way they maybe do their wiring. they may not narrow it down to one individual, but may narrow it down to a specific bomb trainer who trained these people to do it or it may narrow it down to a website that gives specific instructions on how to do it. whoever may have accessed that website and they'll pull on that to look back to who may have accessed the websites that shows specifically how this type of bomb may have been made. >> we're also now hearing it is likely, not certain, but likely from a law enforcement source that it was a timing device, not a cellular device. they are going to be c...

Hook it up to the timing device is not very complicated. and so you're unlikely to get sort of the kind of intelligence and leads that they had hoped for from looking at the signature of the bomb. what we haven't talked about, wolf, the special agent in charge in boston did say the component pieces they collected have been sent to the bomb analysis center in quantico, virginia. they'll be looking for fingerprints, dna, the sorts of things while not a signature for a bomb will lead you -- may lead you to an individual. you know, we talk about whether or not this is foreign or domestic, you know...

Brooke joining us now with some new information in the investigation, cnn analyst and former fbi assistant director tom fuentes and hln law enforcement analyst mike brooks. let's start with the bombs, what we now know. we're hearing the bombs were put in pressure cookers, likely involved with timing device. what do you make of that? >> i would like to know what the basis is that it is pressure cookers because the bomb characteristics look very much like a typical pipe bomb. and a pressure cooker would act like that, and i know from other incidents that pressure cookers have been used basically...

Point. it seems sophisticated to me but i don't make bombs. >> it works explosive component there is a timing device. there is a detonating device. and in this case, if it is a cell phone one of the theories of course if it is a cell phone detonating device all that is the electrical charge causing detonation. so you call a cell phone, ringer goes off. ringer wire is attached to the bomb that. is what makes it go off. it's simple and pure electrical no big deal. the phone used to make the detonation. >> greta: jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome, greta. >> greta: we've been noting for an hour a...