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[quote=jsteele]Okay, regarding Ahmed's use of the word "suspicious", here is the complete quote in context:

"I closed it with a cable cause I didn't want to lock it to make it seem like a threat so I just used a simple cable, so it won't look that much suspicious."

Looking at pictures of the case, it originally had a locking latch that keeps it closed. Ahmed appears to have removed the latch and wrapped a cable around the mount for the latch to hold it closed. We don't have any pictures of Ahmed's clock with the case closed, but it either looked like a standard pencil case with the latch replaced by a cable or a standard pencil case with the latch replaced by a cable with a power cord running out of it. The difference is whether he punched a hole for the power cable or whether the case had to be open to let the power cable out.

When we hear the word "suspicious" in relation to Ahmed's clock, we think of an open case displaying circuit boards, wires and transformers. But, Ahmed is talking about a closed case which is a much different thing. My guess is that Ahmed's thought was that a box that couldn't be opened (especially if it had a power cord running out of it) would be suspicious so he created an easy way to open it.

But, the bottom line is that Ahmed was not talking about a box of wires looking suspicious, but a closed and locked case possibly looking suspicious. [/quote]

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