Ahmad Rahami, who has been charged with using weapons of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use, was arrested following a dramatic shootout with police.
The terror suspect told police he planted the deadly pipe bombs because he was following orders from “terrorist leaders… to attack non-believers where they live.”
Investigators believe Rahami planted two bombs in Chelsea, Manhattan, but one failed to detonate.
He is also believed to have placed a rucksack containing five IEDs in a bin at a New Jersey train station.
Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, called the bombings the actions of a lone wolf.
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Speaking on talkRADIO, a counter-terrorism expert has warned that Rahami wasn’t working as a “lone wolf” in New York because he was caught.
David Videcette said: “It is difficult to make these sorts of claims.
“This man, who’s born in Afghanistan, and has spent most of his adult life in New York.
“He’s been travelling backwards and forwards between Afghanistan and is rumoured to have spent a year there.
“That’s clearly where he’s been radicalised and he’s learnt how to make bombs.
“That doesn’t sound to me as if he’s a lone wolf in my opinion.
“The whole process of becoming radicalised it does tend to separate you from the rest of the community and you do start to stand out.
“There are things on display that make you recognisable as someone different.”
He went on to question whether a man acting on his own would use sophisticated bombs, like those used by Rahami.
Mr Videcette added: “To travel to Afghanistan and learn to make bombs, which you can set off using mobile telephones – He’s learnt to do that somewhere.
“I really can’t understand how the US authorities are saying he’s not on any form of radar, it’s a bit like saying he’s a lone wolf and there’s nobody else involved.
“I think as time goes on and the investigation progresses I think he will have been on a radar and there will be other people involved.”
Rahami reportedly attended jihadi training camps in Pakistan along with his brother on numerous occasions, allegedly becoming radicalised by Islamist extremists.
The 28-year-old’s brother Mohammad and sister, Aziza, have also posted pro-ISIS material on Facebook supported the terror group and renouncing democracy.
Their mother’s whereabouts are also unknown after she apparently travelled to Turkey just three days before the bomb attacks, prompting claims she knew about the bombings before hand.