What is the public safety exception to statements of a defendant who was questioned by police about a potential explosive device?

We have had few opportunities to address the public safety exception. See, e.g., United States v. Khalil, 214 F.3d 111, 121-22 (2d Cir.2000) (affirming admission of defendant's responses to police questioning about a bomb that could have exploded before being disarmed).

Several other circuits, however, have applied the exception to facts similar to those presented here. See, e.g., United States v. Williams, 181 F.3d 945, 953-54 (8th Cir.1999) (admitting statements of a narcotics defendant arrested in his apartment who was asked by police "is there anything we

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