Lame.
They didn't make any bomb threats. They didn't make a "device" that looked like a bomb.
Anyone with 3/4 a brain could tell what it was. It wasn't even in a box, everything was out in the open, easy to see what it was constructed of and what its function was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doD_VpT_yAY
First, I need one of those poles to help me put up my christmas lights.
Second, how did nobody notice those things for 3 weeks?
Third, how did the batteries last so long? Or were they all not blinking anymore by the time they were found? (Maybe they went around and replaced the batteries from time to time?)
It's pretty clever, if you are going to bomb someplace, rather than hiding the bombs, make the bombs look so obvious that nobody would ever think they were bombs.
The TSA searches my laptop, if my laptop could blow up a plane, these devices could certainly cause real damage, if they actually had explosives in them.
You have got to be kidding me! Lite Brites brought the city of Boston to a halt?!?! Terrorists must be laughing their butts off about this. Forget suitcase bombs, flaming bags of dog poo is all they need!
OMG, how could anybody have thought that was a bomb?
Good grief, that's what they looked like?
What if they found some kids with Lite Brites? Would they throw them in jail too?