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Facility at fedex near the austin airport. that didn't detonate. and fedex knows how to track a package. they handed over a lot of information to investigators and we are told by a local police department that the fbi is looking into a possibility that both packages were dropped off at the same office. the probability that they were dropped off the same office here in austin, that's a major lead right now. >> reporting from austin, nick, thank you very much. i want to pri in jim maxwell. jim good evening to you. if this is a single person he or she seems to have a pretty sophisticated knowle...

In the '70s. >> first of all, i'd never yell at anybody your size and disposition. that's a simple fact. let me ask you something else, a point of confusion for people. people look at this fact pattern and say this is terrorism, why aren't you calling it that? it's time for a refresher. that's a term of art for investigators. if they can't identify a specific motive that forwards a political message or agenda, they will not call it terrorism. true? >> you want to be so careful. law enforcement doesn't want to prejudge something because it might force investigators to go into a different direct...

Employee was injured and another package with a device was found today at a second fed ex location. with this new explosion reported in austin just moments ago, we could have seven devices possibly connected to the serial bomber. cnn's ed lavandera joins us. from austin. talk about what we know with the caveat these are very early reports. >> reporter: this is just developing in the last few minutes. austin police say they are responding to a report of a sixth explosion in the southern area of austin tonight. fbi officials also confirm they are en route to the scene as well. it's on a street c...

That's bombmaking 101. the basic trip wire device can be easily constructed with fishing line, clothespin and some sort of non-conductive material plastic or a piece of wood and place it inside the clothespin close pin has two electrical ends that would complete a circuit and put the wood between the clothespin that stuff is easily available out there. >> here is what it -- the level of bomb making skill -- just -- i don't want to interrupt you but i want to you know this information and respond to. >> sure the level of bombmaking skill doesn't necessarily point to military experience. it says...

Talking about somebody who fabricated a detonator. that's going to be telling the police a lot, you know, just how dangerous the situation is. but they can't tell us what they've collected because it would, you know, misdirect the investigation. >> james, the trip wire, that concerned you as well. obviously it's all concerning, but in terms of an evolution of tactics. >> absolutely. we talked in the early segment about how this is not the unabomber 2.0. this appears much more like the d.c. sniper case, anderson, in 2002, in the month of october for three weeks. two snipers paralyzed parts of m...