NBC NEWS is reporting that the FBI has shot and killed a man, Ibragim Todashev, with ties to the Boston bomber suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Not much more is known, except that he was not being questioned for any role he might have had in the Boston terrorist attack. From NBC, the connection between Tamerlan Tsarnaev [...]
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Charles Ramsey on Hearing About Amanda Berry’s Child
“That’s all what it’s about. It’s about cajones on this planet.” – Charles Ramsey THE MAN who helped Amanda Berry get free, Charles Ramsey, was interviewed by Anderson Cooper last night. McDonald’s should give him free Big Macs for life for the free commercial he gave them. One thing Charles Ramsey said is that the [...]
Bloomberg’s Boston Bombers’ Fantasy: Hitting Times Square
“New York was next on their list of targets,” Bloomberg said of brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Bloomberg said he received confirmation of the chilling second phase of their plot from the FBI. “The fact is, New York City remains a prime target for those who hate America and want to kill Americans.” [Fox News] [...]
Tamerlan Tsarnaev Listed on “Highly Classified” Database
WHAT GOOD is it if you’ve got a dangerous individual on a watch list of “potential terrorists” if it’s so “vast” law enforcement agencies can’t keep track of who’s on it? From Reuters: The name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was listed on the U.S. government’s highly classified central database [...]
Dzhokar Tsarnaev Awake, Responding to Questions in Writing
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding sporadically in writing to questions, authorities said. Investigators are asking about other cell members and other unexploded bombs, law enforcement sources told ABC News. [ABC News] IT DIDN’T take traveling to a foreign country for Dzhokar Tsarnaev to be radicalized, though there is evidence that [...]
BOSTON TERRORIST DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV IN CUSTODY, IS ALIVE *Updated*
Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info. — Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody. — Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 IT’S OVER. Suspect 2 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is [...]
FBI Releases Photos of 2 Boston Bombing Suspects [Video - Photos]
In an interview late Thursday, Mr. Green, who runs a sportswear company in Florida, confirmed that the picture was genuine, and that the F.B.I. had contacted him and requested a copy. “I have spoken to several agents,” Mr. Green said, “and they have got the photos, they are picking up material from me, and I [...]
Media Fail: Arrest or Not, No One Got Anything Right [Video]
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive COULD it have been any worse for the media yesterday? They made a horrific situation worse. One outlet after another blew the call. Pros taking emails as confirmation that a suspect had been apprehended, just so they could beat Twitter to the news. [...]
Boston Marathon Bomber Hunt: “Significant Progress,” but No Arrest
One federal law enforcement source told CNN that investigators had made “significant progress but no arrest… anyone who says ‘arrest’ is ahead of themselves.” [CNN] WE ARE in the eye of the post terrorist attack storm, where every single utterance in the media is getting repeated. According to federal law enforcement sources, the Boston Marathon [...]
FBI on Boston Terrorist Attack: “Someone Knows Who Did This” [Video]
Investigators believe the bombs were hidden in black nylon backpacks and housed inside sealable metal pots called pressure cookers. Pressure cooker bombs can help boost the power of relatively small devices by briefly constraining the blast. And when the cookers do explode, they can add large chunks of metal to the shrapnel spray. The IEDs [...]
FOIA Obtained Information Show DHS and FBI Routinely Monitored Occupy
It’s taken a number of efforts through the Freedom of Information Act to get to the information which shows what was expected, and in some cases, known at the time when the Occupy Movement, or OWS, was highly visible and active. Along with local undercover and overt law enforcement surveillance of Occupy groups across the [...]
Don’t Rush Barbara Walters, She’s Not Done Yet
Her 1999 conversation with Monica Lewinsky remains the highest-rated news interview in television history. [Daily Beast] WHEN WALTERS arrived to sit next to Harry Reasoner his salary had to be raised, because as the first female news anchor in television history, Barbara Walters was getting paid more than the man. However, Walters’ $1-million-a-year contract also [...]
Federal Judge Rules “National Security Letters” Violate First Amendment
With the Patriot Act, in 2001 the FBI began issuing NSLs – “national security letters.” Now a ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, in San Francisco, finds that NSLs are unconstitutional. At AlterNet, Natasha Lennard writes that NSLs are … demands for data that contain gag clauses, preventing recipients from disclosing their existence or [...]
News Desk: Secretive “Stingray” Surveillance Tool Becomes More Pervasive, Questions Over Its Illegality Increase [via EFF]
As Secretive “Stingray” Surveillance Tool Becomes More Pervasive, Questions Over Its Illegality Increase (via EFF) A few months ago, EFF warned of a secretive new surveillance tool being used by the FBI in cases around the country commonly referred to as a “Stingray.” Recently, more information on the device has come to light and it [...]
TOP STORY — Amb. Susan Rice Removes her Name from Consideration for Top Diplomat [Obama's Full Statement - Video]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities,” Rice wrote in a letter to President Obama, saying she’s saddened by the partisan politics [...]
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