"A source familiar with the investigation said the device was fueled by gunpowder or a similar commercial "low-explosive" surrounded by lead pellets and a white powder that has tested to be rat poison."
Hardly the "sophisticated" device they initially described. Low explosives aren't that powerful or effective at spreading shrapnel, and the rat poison trick doesn't actually work.
Not to go off topic, but what are they training at Ft. Lewis? A 'graduate' can't build a decent weapon and carry out a mission? If Ft. Lewis was a public school, the officers would be called useless and they'd need to show improvement or get taken over by the government...oh, wait...
He can't be a terrorist; he's not a Muslim. All Muslims are terrorists, and all terrorists are Muslim, right? That's what I heard. This guy is prolly a FREEDOM FIGHTER.
Hardly the "sophisticated" device they initially described. Low explosives aren't that powerful or effective at spreading shrapnel, and the rat poison trick doesn't actually work.
Glad they caught the guy.