The FBI is analyzing parts of the bomb they have recovered.

[kentuck]

They even have the brand name still on one of the pressure cookers. They have batteries that were made in China. They have found a small piece of circuit board. So, they are making progress, however slow some may think it is.

They can find out which stores sell that brand name of pressure cooker? They can find out if Radio Shack or someone else sells the Chinese brand of batteries, etc.

Some people may jump to the conclusion that the batteries were bought overseas but that may not be the case?

In my opinion, they are making good progress in finding this murderer or murderers.

[Little Star]

1. One thing I'm sure of is that they are/will keep working their butts off...

until they find who ever did this and bring them to justice! Sometimes it's great to have government

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Cheap Chinese made batteries and cookware are everywhere

Blank circuit boards are everywhere. Doesn't mean they can be traced, but its not going to be easy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Yup, chances are bought at

One dollar store or equivalent, that's where you find those batteries.

I thought that was interesting and a very good lead

[justiceischeap]

4. I think it took the FBI over a year to find the Olympic bomber.

I doubt this is going to come a quick conclusion and I'm sure somehow the right will find a way to blame the President for that.

[Jersey Devil]

5. well, I'd be looking for a store clerk who remembers someone buying TWO pressure cookers & paid cash

I doubt the bomber would have bought them online or charged them on a card, so he probably bought them at the same time for cash.

So how many people would ever go out and buy TWO pressure cookers at the same time? A store clerk might remember that and even if he/she has no memory whatsoever of what the buyer looked like it would at least give investigators some idea of where the bomber was from.

on edit: Another way is to ask stores in the Boston area, very many of which keep computerized inventories whenever an item is sold, for records of pressure cooker sales in say, the last 3 months.

[TheMightyFavog]

7. A smart crook would have bought them at separate stores.

It's Boston, not Devil's Asshole, Alabama. I'm sure there a numerous places where one can buy pressure cookers.

[Jersey Devil]

8. yes, he would be smart to buy them separately but maybe he wasn't

If he bought them at a chain like Macys, Lowes, Home Depot, etc., their computers could tell them exactly how many pressure cookers were sold down to the minute they were rung up at the register. I doubt that there were that many, considering they aren't exactly the most popular of kitchen appliances these days.

[madokie]

6. Off to the great page for you

I wouldn't want to match wits with the FBI.
In some cases such as this they are good