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BlueGreenLady

(2,824 posts)
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 01:15 PM Jan 2022

Does anyone remember how the bombs at the DNC and RNC

were found and why they did not detonate? It seems that this attempted bombing is not being given enough coverage on this anniversary. I also wonder how a scaffold with a hangman's noose was erected at the capitol. Somethings were obviously very pre-planned and are not being disclosed in this investigation.

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Does anyone remember how the bombs at the DNC and RNC (Original Post) BlueGreenLady Jan 2022 OP
Reposting the link of the footage of the bombing suspect BlueGreenLady Jan 2022 #1
There was no scaffold. former9thward Jan 2022 #2
I believe they have identified the bomber Grasswire2 Jan 2022 #4
CBS ran a piece on this last night Effete Snob Jan 2022 #10
You think the government never lies? Is that correct? Grasswire2 Jan 2022 #13
What a silly question Effete Snob Jan 2022 #15
"Many believe...." brooklynite Jan 2022 #14
A lot of people are saying... Effete Snob Jan 2022 #16
Thanks BlueGreenLady Jan 2022 #7
The first bomb was spotted by a woman doing her laundry and Bev54 Jan 2022 #3
Thank you for filling that in BlueGreenLady Jan 2022 #6
I do not believe the bombs were ever intended to explode. I believe they were intended to be found LiberalArkie Jan 2022 #5
And apparently succeeded in redirecting police services at a crucial time. Bev54 Jan 2022 #8
I believe you are correct Effete Snob Jan 2022 #11
The most important piece Tickle Jan 2022 #9
The lead agent was on CBS News last night Effete Snob Jan 2022 #12

former9thward

(31,941 posts)
2. There was no scaffold.
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 01:25 PM
Jan 2022

It was a noose hanging from a beam which was not "life sized". It was small and "symbolic" and could not be used in real life. No one will investigate that because it is not a crime.

I think the FBI is embarrassed they have not been able to find the person who put the bombs (if they actually were real). So they have quietly let that go unless they stumble on the person in the future somehow.

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
4. I believe they have identified the bomber
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 01:29 PM
Jan 2022

More than a year now? With extensive clues to identity?

Our premier law enforcement agency?

Many believe the identity is known to FBI.

If it was a nobody, we would know that info by now.

If it was a member of Congress, releasing the info is more problematic.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
10. CBS ran a piece on this last night
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 01:46 PM
Jan 2022

Video here:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-pipe-bomb-fbi-no-suspect/

The bombs were disabled before they exploded, but Steve D'Antuono, the FBI's lead agent in Washington, D.C., says they were made to be lethal.


He goes on to explain why they don't know who it is, since the bomber wore a hoodie, mask and glasses, among other things.

He's been with the FBI for 26 years. He started during the Clinton administration:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-d-antuono-5a8a5b156/

You believe he is a liar, is that correct?

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
13. You think the government never lies? Is that correct?
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 02:19 PM
Jan 2022

I had forgotten to put you on ignore. But I will.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
15. What a silly question
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 03:07 PM
Jan 2022

Okay, you believe that guy is lying. No need to get touchy about it.

The government has lied about all kinds of things in the course of history. The government has probably told the truth about a whole lot more.

If you think the Biden administration is lying about this, that’s fine. That’s your opinion. It just seems odd for the lead agent to go on television last night and continue to ask foe help.

brooklynite

(94,361 posts)
14. "Many believe...."
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 02:22 PM
Jan 2022

Many believe Trump could easily be indicted today. Apparently Justice disagrees. Who should I believe?

Bev54

(10,039 posts)
3. The first bomb was spotted by a woman doing her laundry and
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 01:27 PM
Jan 2022

looked down and saw it and went to investigate and had the super of the building check it out and he called police. I suspect that the second one was found by police.

LiberalArkie

(15,703 posts)
5. I do not believe the bombs were ever intended to explode. I believe they were intended to be found
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 01:29 PM
Jan 2022

and to get most of the police away from the capital.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
11. I believe you are correct
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 01:50 PM
Jan 2022

The FBI pictures show that they had one-hour mechanical kitchen timers on them. It's a crude way of providing a maximum of up to one hour of delay.





Kinda weird to plant a bomb in the night on January 5 with a one-hour timer on it, if the idea is that it is supposed to go off sometime the next day.
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