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I think the biggest thing that says not a bomb was that he asked permission _before_ bringing it in[1].

[1]https://twitter.com/AnneClaireCNN/status/644158607035133952

Also, that it wasn't a bomb

That's funny, I would have thought the utter lack of anything explosive would differentiate it from a bomb. :)

In England several people (including children) have been arrested, and prosecuted, (and convicted?) for terrorism offences because they owned things like The Anarchists Cookbook.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7030096.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-33705944

(The explorer Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes while on service with the SAS used to work out how to efficiently use explosive, allowing him to keep small amounts after training exercises. He accumulated a small stock of explosive which he used to demolish an ugly damn.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulph_Fiennes

)

In the photo, there is something that looks like a pouch next to the transformer. If someone thought they might be looking at a bomb, they might think that the explosive is in that pouch.

Anyone have a guess what that thing actually is?

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