Reply #36: I agree completely [View All]

I doubt this is a probe, though. Given the risks they took, why not mount an actual attack? Plus, this whole thing seems the work of someone fairly unsophisticated, too unsophisticated to think of doing a probe. I grant that they may be attempting to seem "stupid on purpose," but the incidence of actual stupidity is higher than that of cagey, fake stupidity. Plus, one of the "benefits" of planting a bomb is that it gives police little data than many other sorts of attacks. As it stands, with the failed bomb, they have a million data points, and this person will certainly be caught.

I think two out of the last three episodes of Mythbusters actually did feature propane tank myths.

You're almost certainly right about this being an amateur. They failed to keep it simple, unlike McVeigh. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say this probably is a lone wolf.

I'm not actually invested in this being a teabagger: it's actually less scary if it is. Incidentally, Najibullah Zazi will be sentenced next month. Though he made mistakes aplenty, his plan seems much more sophisticated than whoever it was who attempted this.