{"id":2521346,"date":"2025-12-15T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-broke-jan-6-pipe-bombs-case-with-software-decoding-cell-data\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:40:02","slug":"fbi-broke-jan-6-pipe-bombs-case-with-software-decoding-cell-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-broke-jan-6-pipe-bombs-case-with-software-decoding-cell-data\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI broke Jan. 6 pipe bombs case with software decoding cell data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-broke-jan-6-pipe-bombs-case-with-software-decoding-cell-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The FBI solved the January 6 pipe bombs case using new software that decoded suspect Brian cole Jr.&#8217;s cellphone data, wich had been in FBI possession for years. Cole was charged earlier this month with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-republicans-fbi-waited-over-a-year-to-fully-investigate-jan-6-pipe-bombs\/\" title=\"House Judiciary Republicans: FBI Waited Over a Year to Fully Investigate Jan. 6 ...\">planting pipe bombs<\/a> outside the Republican and Democratic national committee offices on the eve of January 6, 2021. The breakthrough came after a tech-savvy law enforcement officer developed a program that analyzed T-Mobile cellphone data from four years ago, a task that previous investigators had been unable to accomplish. This newly accessible data matched Cole&#8217;s movements on surveillance footage and helped link his bank and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlanta-mayoral-candidate-who-voted-to-defund-the-police-has-car-stolen-in-broad-daylight-by-children-reports\/\" title=\"Atlanta Mayoral Candidate Who Voted To Defund The Police Has Car Stolen In Broad Daylight \u2014 By Children: Reports\">credit card purchases<\/a> to bomb components. officials emphasized that no new evidence or public tips led to the arrest; rather, it was the result of a renewed, thorough review of existing data conducted during the Trump administration, with a focus on finally cracking the case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FBI unraveled Jan. 6 pipe bombs case using new software to decode suspect&rsquo;s cell data<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2427255\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\">FBI<\/a> untangled the mysterious <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\">Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, pipe bombs case by relying on a &ldquo;new computer program,&rdquo; which deciphered cellphone data that the agency had held for years.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the government charged Brian Cole Jr. with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3907682\/jan-6-pipe-bombs-suspect-arrested-using-no-new-information-doj\/\">planting the pipe bombs<\/a> outside the Republican and Democratic national committees on the eve of Jan. 6, saying the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> had made the arrest after nearly five years without &ldquo;any new information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3917847\/brown-university-shooting-victims-identities-revealed\/\">Brown University shooting victims&#8217; identities revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3917666\/democratic-donor-rob-reiner-wife-found-dead-what-we-know\/\">Major Democratic donor Rob Reiner and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >wife found dead<\/a> in home: What we know<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3917814\/trump-blames-rob-reiner-trump-derangement-syndrome-death\/\">Trump blames Rob Reiner&#8217;s &#8216;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8217; for director&#8217;s death<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>At the time, the FBI offered few details on exactly how it identified Cole, instead broadly characterizing the search as a massive forensic scrub of millions of lines of cell site data, retail records, CCTV footage, and other digital material.<\/p>\n<p>But new details released this week shed more light on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3906798\/fbi-makes-arrest-mystery-jan-6-pipe-bombs-suspect\/\">what led to Cole&rsquo;s arrest<\/a>. A &ldquo;tech-savvy&rdquo; law enforcement officer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/how-a-tech-savvy-officer-finally-cracked-the-jan-6-pipe-bombs-case-e53428b7\">developed software in recent months<\/a> that deciphered a tranche of cellphone data provided to the FBI four years ago by T-Mobile, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough came after investigators had failed for years to make progress in decoding the data, which turned out to be essential to cracking the case, the outlet reported. And it followed the FBI&rsquo;s renewed efforts under the Trump administration to track down the suspect, as agents and analysts were pressed by Deputy Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dan-bongino\/\">Dan Bongino<\/a> to reexamine evidence gathered under the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\">Biden administration<\/a>, including the data from T-Mobile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once investigators were finally able to read the data, they said it led them to Cole&rsquo;s phone number because his cellphone&rsquo;s movements tracked what investigators had seen in surveillance footage,&rdquo; people familiar with the investigation said. &ldquo;With that knowledge in hand, the feds said they were able to fill in the blanks. A search of Cole&rsquo;s bank account and credit-card records indicated that he made a series of purchases, including at several Home Depot locations in Northern <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\">Virginia<\/a>. The purchases matched the components of the bombs, according to court records.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, FBI Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\">Kash Patel<\/a>, and Bongino said repeatedly during a press conference announcing Cole&rsquo;s identity that his arrest was not the result of &ldquo;a new tip.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t some new evidence; it was the hard work of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">[Donald]  Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> administration,&rdquo; Bondi said in early December. &ldquo;I watched them, from Day One, come in here and say, &lsquo;We are going to solve this crime.&rsquo; And they did.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Patel reiterated that &ldquo;we did not discover any new information,&rdquo; stressing that the arrest resulted from a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-pipe-bombs-suspect-arrested-using-no-new-information-doj\/\" title=\"Jan. 6 ... suspect ...ed using no ...new information...: DOJ\">investigative team &#038;ldquo<\/a>;reexamining every piece of evidence&rdquo; that was inside the FBI&rsquo;s databases for years. Patel said agents &ldquo;sifted through all the data, something that the prior administration refused and failed to do.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3916447\/fbi-hunting-764-crime-network-targeting-children\/\"><strong>FBI &lsquo;HUNTING&rsquo; MORE THAN 350 PEOPLE IN &lsquo;764&rsquo; CRIME NETWORK TARGETING CHILDREN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bongino said, &ldquo;This was our internal work, the FBI,&rdquo; and that &ldquo;there was no new public tip.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the FBI for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI cracked Jan. 6 pipe bomb case using new cell data software<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2521347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25338709842581.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[68841,50645,32087,47781,68840],"class_list":["post-2521346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cell-data","tag-fbi-2","tag-jan-6","tag-pipe-bombs","tag-software-decoding"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25338709842581.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521350,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521346\/revisions\/2521350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}