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In reply to the discussion: Note to Bomber: You don't need a $6.00 Wal-Mart clock on a mail bomb [View all]dawg day
(7,947 posts)38. One of the "terror" aspects of this--
Is exactly that. Some staffer goes to the mailbox, opens it, gets exploded.
That's part of the point of it-- to terrorize everyone, including, of course, post office workers.
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jberryhill
Oct 2018
OP
You're assuming that the bomb maker was as smart as an electrical engineer/lawyer. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#6
I can't read the person's mind. But maybe for purposes of terrorizing Democrats. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#9
Because they care about the people who work for them. Is that hard for you to imagine?
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#19
I didn't say Soros did. I said he and CNN care about their employees, who aren't the S.S.
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#24
So? It demonstrated that they could get a device like this through the mail or the courier service
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#26
The point of terrorism is to strike terror into people's hearts. Which I believe they did. nt
Hekate
Oct 2018
#12
perhaps meant to imply it's only a matter of time before they send an exploding bomb?
anarch
Oct 2018
#31
Case closed. I guess we don't even need the FBI to get involved? Give us a break, Mr. CSI.
PubliusEnigma
Oct 2018
#30
FBI bomb expert on TV just now said the timer was probably a safe-arm device, not
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#41
Haven't a clue; I know only what the bomb expert said. He didn't get into detail
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#45