Improvised Explosive Device = 1. Power Source. 2. Switch Timer. 3. Ignitor/initiator. 4. Mass Explosive.
The boy had 2 of the 4 required components.
The boy had 2 of the 4 required components.
That is exactly the same mistake in thinking that the fools at the school made. So what if a kid has an alarm clock? Every house in America has at least "2 of the 4 required components". Along with every Target, Walmart, CVS, and other department store. And the stores have a whole arsenal of power sources and timers!!
Are you suggesting we send the bomb squad around to round up all the alarm clocks?
And in case you didn't notice, every teacher in the school has an even more sophisticated remote detonator and power source in their purse or pocket!
Run for the hills, any one of the teachers could assemble a remotely activated detonator!