Weekend Attacks Look Like Lone Wolves

Obviously, the big story yesterday and today is the bombings in the New York area and the stabbings in Minnesota. Thankfully, it appears that neither incident resulted in any fatalities. And both incidents have the look of lone actors rather than an organized conspiracy. In the case of the New York bombings, the mistakes that led police to the suspect indicate it was not a very well thought-out attack. The bombs were placed in relatively lightly trafficked areas and the bomber used his own cell phones as a detonator. When one of the bombs did not detonate, police were able to get his personal information off the phone. Needless to say, law enforcement has done an incredible job in finding and capturing the suspected bomber so quickly. But they were helped tremendously by the mistakes the bomber made. And those mistakes are not indicative of a well-trained terrorist cell.