[zog]

--this latest deal disturbs me. It honestly doesn't sound like any sort of sophisticated attack or plan to me, not even a trial run attack. This guy sounds a lot more like a drugged out zombie-ish lee harvey oswald patsy with a show fulla nuthin. Lighting a match to set it off? This never made any sense to me. Why go to all the trouble of building something like this that doesn't work? On the one hand, the spooks/authorities/cops whatever are quick to say how sophisticated they are with casio watch timers and etc, but here you got firecracker joe with his cobjob dud el kaboom shoe. It don't compute. The amazing carcano bolt action machine gun with smart bullets variant.

[eno_]

The article does a good job of tying off all the loose ends: Reid could not have concocted the explosives himself, they are meant to be set off with a low-intensity flame, etc. Plus, it is known that al-Quaida has done "trial runs" before. It fits their known modus operendi.