[Red in Blue PA]

They parked the van and MOHAMUD attached the blasting cap to the inert device MOHAMUD then flipped the toggle switch on the inert device.

What if instead of a blasting cap, it was something else? Would he have known? I know this is splitting hairs, but this is a slippery slope if this is allowed to prevail without him actually building the bomb.

[Dinah Lord]

Would it have mattered if it was something else?

The intent was clearly there...