And what exactly is a “suspected pipe bomb”? Threaded metal pipe laying outside? And who makes up molotov cocktails ahead of time? Could it be that he simply had some empty bottles laying around?
Years ago after an accidental explosion at a Michigan fireworks factory, the feds got all excited about bomb making materials found nearby.
Turned out to be a gas can, lighter, and shotgun shells in the bed of a pickup truck parked alongside the road where a hunter pulled over and walked off into the woods.
Just operate on the principle that any time the jackboots invade the property of a random rural dwelling, white American on suspicion of terrorism, that its tyranny and not law enforcement. You may on rare occasion be pleasantly surprised that it isn't.