briefed on the details and joins us on the phone. i ve just discussed this. it s a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on an american bound airline. it never made it to the airline, it s right now, as you said, being tested and analyzed by the fbi. a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this would affect the security in our airports. this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred about sometime last month. sometime in april. it s not over as far as the operation itself, which is why you re seeing very few details being given out. the question to use your judgment is what you can say or will say. is it known who with made this bomb? i mean, bomb makers tend to have a certain signature, there are certain bomb makers in yemen who are well known. is it known who made this? there s two things i can say. one is that persons who had the bomb, the exact language i was told is, we no honor have to be concerned about him,
we are joined by congressman king on the phone. what s the latest you can tell us? we spoke with napolitano. a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on a american-bound airline. it never made it to the airline. it s being tested and analyzed by this fbi. obviously a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this could evade security in our airports. that s a really concern. also, this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred about some time last month. some time in april. but it s not over as far as the operation itself which is why you re seeing very few details being given out. obviously the questions to your judgment on what use can say or will say. is it known who made this bomb? bomb makers tend to have a certain signature. there are some bomb makers in yemen who are well known. is it known who made this? there are two things i can say. one is that the person who had the bomb, we no longer have to be concerned about h