Quote:There is some suspicion that the whole thing was a set up to provoke a reaction and then claim an anti-Muslim bias. If so it worked beyond his father's wildest dreams, with a trip to the White House, offers of college enrollment, and thousands of dollars in donations, along with a free computer and other goodies. 


 

First off, why, of all days, did he bring a bomb-looking device to a school on 9/11? That's a heck of a coincidence.


 

Secondly, the clock was apparently just a digital clock taken out of its case and put into a pencil case.


 

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/09/...arm-clock/

 

I don't know if any of these suspicions are true. If any of you know of refutations to them I'd like a link.

 

I doubt the suspicion.

 

First off, he did not take it to school on 9/11.  It happened Monday the 14th.

 

Also, this article gives a lot more detail and background on the kid.  He does what so many other kids interested in electronics do.  He harvests parts from broken or old devices that would end up in a landfill, and makes his own stuff.

 

Now to be fair, it doesn't look like he actually "made" the clock, it appears that he maybe harvested and/or repaired a broken clock and mounted it in the case.  The only thing really "home made" is how he mounted it in the case.

 

If you look at some of the pictures in the article that I linked, it's apparent that he likes to tinker with and take apart stuff.

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