DOJ Office of Inspector General report reviewing FBI Laboratory forensic examinations of all 14 Unabomber devices, including critiques of explosives residue analysis methods: https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/9704a/17unabom.htm
FBI Turchie Affidavit containing detailed forensic descriptions of all 16 Unabomber bombs, including component lists and trigger mechanism analyses from court records: https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/bomb-parts-descriptions
National Archives blog post about the lead prosecutor’s files, describing how the UNABOM Task Force organized forensic analysis across FBI, ATF, and Postal Inspection Service: https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2023/06/06/insight-into-the-unabomber-case-from-the-files-of-its-lead-prosecutor/
DOJ standards document for forensic explosives and hazardous devices examination, covering IED component segregation and analysis procedures: https://www.justice.gov/archives/dag/file/877721/download
National Institute of Justice bomb scene investigation guidelines developed by the Technical Working Group for Bombing Scene Investigation: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/181869.pdf
FBI’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) overview, describing how they analyze IED components and maintain a national database of device designs: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism/tedac
UN Mine Action Service IED Lexicon defining victim-operated IEDs (VOIEDs) and the three main categories of IED switches (command, time, victim-operated): https://unmas.org/sites/default/files/unmas_ied_lexicon_0.pdf
Wikipedia article on the 2018 Cesar Sayoc mail bombing attempts, noting FBI found the devices lacked proper triggering mechanisms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_mail_bombing_attempts
AOAV (Action on Armed Violence) technical review of IED types and switching mechanism developments: https://aoav.org.uk/2016/ieds-review-different-types-ieds-exist-focus-recent-developments-ied-usage/
Forensic Science Simplified guide to explosives analysis explaining how bomb squads and forensic labs examine IED components: https://www.forensicsciencesimplified.org/explosives/how.html