that was talked about. and the decision was made. i didn't want to leave it untouched. >> reporter: sure. but your expectations were not that high. >> no, they weren't. >> reporter: with just this one crack at paul's house, detective salm wanted to make sure they did a thorough search. so he cobbled together a team of investigators from various law enforcement agencies. >> before we served the search warrant, we had a briefing. >> reporter: one of the cops helping him was a detective from a neighboring town, jose "chewy" ruiz. >> actually showed us a diagram of the bomb, and that's pretty much what we are instructed to look for. >> reporter: anything related to that. >> yes. exactly. anything related to bomb making. >> reporter: they arrived en masse right after daybreak. unannounced, of course. paul waited outside while each investigator took a piece of the house. and in they went. >> i found some manila envelopes, a copier, and also a printer. >> reporter: the problem though