The Hunt: Insight into the Austin package-bombing wave

WASHINGTON — The Austin bomber is likely dead: After 18 days of terror, 24-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt blew himself up as authorities closed in on him at a hotel north of Austin, Texas. Authorities fairly sure, though not certain, he was the only bomber.

Fred Burton, chief security officer at Stratfor, said authorities found one unexploded package that likely helped their investigation tremendously.

March 21, 2018 | ‘The sheer volume of leads … is phenomenal’ (Fred Burton, chief security officer at Stratfor, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green)
J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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