FBI is now convinced that couple tried to detonate bomb in San Bernardino terror attack

The Los Angeles Times ^ | January 16, 2016 | Richard Winton and James Queally

[2ndDivisionVet]

The FBI's top investigator in the San Bernardino terrorist attack said Friday that the husband and wife who shot and killed 14 people on Dec. 2 intended to detonate an explosive device inside the room, though the exact timetable of the plot remains unclear.

David Bowdich, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, said Friday that investigators now believe that Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, attempted to detonate a pipe bomb hidden inside a bag at the Inland Regional Center.

What investigators still don't know is whether they planned to detonate the bomb first and then open fire on first responders, or to detonate the device as paramedics and police descended on the facility to tend to gunshot victims.

"Was the intent to detonate prior to their attack?" Bowdich asked. "We just don't have the answer."(continued)

[bgill]

I’m convinced the FBI is playing us. This is just a bone so we’ll forget about them letting everyone and their cousin access to the apartment piled to the ceiling with evidence. They’ve also dismissed the lake dump as not relevant. Who’s fingerprints are all over the garage? And why did the SBPD already know about Farook before the shooting?

[theBuckwheat]

FBI is far more certain about intent to detonate bomb than motivation for attack. What ideological corruption we have here.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Anyone want to bet this moslem was hired for “diversity” reasons? Bit them in the butt. Wonder if they will replace him and some of the victims with more moslems for diversity.

[NYAmerican]

Wow! This workplace violence thing is getting out of hand.......