Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "FBI vs Un-Defuseable Bomb | Tales From the Bottle" video.

Mind that explosive charges and even waterjet charges are now more common and can be used to sever connections with precise timing. If you wanted to foil a FBI bomb squad nowadays you'd need a little more trickery.
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@Clay3613 The Guardian, New York Times, The Intercept and even left leaning outlets like Democracy Now! have reported on it. But you've been condition to just say "Alex Jones" whenever confronted with information that paints the government in bad light.
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Redundancy is what renders it nearly impossible to defuse. All the elements can be attacked when alone, but they protect each other from tampering.
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Explosively formed charges are still in use, now we have waterjet charges too. An explosion directs a high pressure jet that cuts the connections or components you want. Liquid nitrogen can be used to freeze mercury tilt switches.
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@Clay3613 No rambling here. Anyone paying attention knows that it's been widely reported that feds encourage terror plots so they can "bust" terrorists before the act and pretend they're saving people. In the 2000s the feds were known to have insiders in mosques trying to incite jihadist attacks. They take advantage of the mentally ill, too. The ATF "foiled" a bomb plot in which a guy who still lived with his parents due to his disability was coerced into "making" a bomb by undercover agents. The ATF provided him with the materials and "busted" him.
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Often liquid nitrogen is used to make WW2 bombs less sensitive for disposal. But in this case the liquid would have still triggered the float and they'd still need to cut a hole in the casing without touching the foil.
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Liquid nitrogen is still denser than air so it would cause the float to trigger. Also, they'd need to put a hole in the casing without toucing the foil.
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I assume that's the test - getting the people being instructed to think of a solution, and there isn't one way to solve it but multiple procedures to deal with the problem. Such as using the x-rays to determine which methods can't be used, finding a way to open and pry the box with non-metallic/conductive means, where and when to set off charges that rip the components out and cut the connection, etc.
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