mullah masood, who's claimed credit for this attack in new york. we have to be careful because the pakistani taliban has also claimed credit for various different incidences that have occurred in the united states which are clearly not linked to terrorism, but it is interesting that already we are seeing terrorist organizations step up trying to get a piece of the pie in terms of publicity, anyway. >> i'm curious what you think about that. is that actual lay credible claim in your mind given the way this bomb, this explosive device, however it wants to be described right now, was really rudiment arily created? >> it was amateurish. it is important to understand this kind of explosive is not the kind of device built by someone who went through a terrorist training camp. that being said, just two years ago in barcelona, in spain, spanish authorities intercepted a group of people who seemed very amateurish in that they were trying to carry out some kind of bomb attack in barcelona. and sure enough, the pakistani taliban not only claimed credit