i have often thought that brian took what could have happened to my daughter. agents from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms were called in to investigate. we found metal fragments and pieces of pipe, pieces of wire. we found batteries. we did find 9 volt batteries. we picked up everything. this clearly eliminated a gasoline explosion. these were the ingredients of a pipe bomb, a homemade device that with gun powder is packed into a steel pipe, closed with metal ends. in this case, fragments of red painted end cap were found in the rubble, along with the 30-gauge silver-coated copper wire. this was not a very common wire, it would be a particular signature of the bomber. a signature is something unusual or unique left by the bomber, often without knowing
ever work. it certainly won t work if the north koreans don t cooperate. that is if they do something other than a simple threat the system is designed to intercept a simple threat. if they launch a missile with decoys, pieces of wire, chaff, jammers, balloons, then the missile interceptor can t see the target and the whole thing fails. but it s the job of the pentagon and the president to reassure the public. that s what they attempted to do today. very quickly, to reassure the public is one thing but are you saying u.s. taxpayers are throwing away a billion dollars for a system that doesn t work? we spend $10 billion a year on missile defense. we spend about $250 billion over the last few decades. we still aren t anywhere close to a system that can actually protect the united states from a determined adversary. yes i m saying we are wasting our money woochlt very a defense that works. it s called deterrence. if the north koreans or anybody else would dare attack us with a nuclear