memeorandum: Friend: Suspect ‘a normal pot head’ (Katie Glueck/Politico)

7:35 PM ET, April 19, 2013

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Bianna Golodryga / ABCNEWS:

Boston Bomb Suspect's Dad Tells Him to Surrender, Warns ‘ Hell Will Break Loose’ if Son Dies — The father of suspected Boston Marathon bomber called on his son today to give up peacefully, but warned the U.S. that if his son is killed “all hell will break loose.”

Discussion: Washington Post, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and nation.foxnews.com

Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:

Hospital Denies Involvement In Leak Of Grisly Post-Mortem Photo Of Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect — A grisly post-mortem photo of one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers appears to have been taken early today after medical personnel turned the body over to law enforcement officials.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers

Irene / Judicial Watch:

Boston Bomber Could Have Been Deported After 2009 Arrest — Updated 4 p.m. Friday related to arrest versus conviction issue: One of the Chechen terrorists who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings could have been deported years ago after a criminal arrest and/or conviction …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and Atlas Shrugs

Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:

Did Boston Bombing Suspect Post Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube? — Authorities have identified the deceased suspect in the bombing of the Boston marathon, which killed three and injured more than 170, as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. A user by that name has posted a video to his YouTube playlist extolling …

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The Boston Globe:

One suspect in custody, another remains on the loose — WATERTOWN — One suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings has been captured, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation. Another remains on the loose in Watertown after a firefight with police.

New York Times:

One Boston Bombing Suspect Is Dead — By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JESS BIDGOOD — BOSTON — The Boston region was in the grip of a security emergency as police pursued one of the suspects believed to be responsible for the Monday bombings at the Boston Marathon.

U.S. News:

One Boston Marathon suspect killed; second suspect, his brother, on loose after firefight — The two marathon bombing suspects. The man in the white hat is still believed to be at large. — With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was killed early Friday …

David Weigel / Slate:

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dead Bombing Suspect: “I Don't Have a Single American Friend” — MYSLATE — Follow all Blog articles. — Follow the Weigel blog. — Follow stories by David Weigel. — MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate.

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Friend: Suspect ‘a normal pot head’ — The younger Boston Marathon bombing suspect seemed more interested in blunts than bombs while in college in Massachusetts, his classmate told POLITICO on Friday. — “He didn't seem like a dangerous person at all,” said Chris Barry, a sophomore at UMass-Dartmouth …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:

Boston Bombing Hero Who Identified Suspect Resorts To Online Fundraising To Pay His Medical Bills (UPDATED) — Jeff Bauman, center, promoting the Boston Marathon — In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, Jeff Bauman's image was seared into the American consciousness.

Discussion: NY Daily News, The Boston Globe, Joe. My. God., Hullabaloo and Gawker

Washington Post:

Details emerge on suspected Boston bombers — They blasted across the nation's airwaves as the mystery men on the run from the FBI in the Boston Marathon bombings, both carrying backpacks, one wearing a backward white baseball hat and the other clad in dark glasses and a white T-shirt.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Twitchy, Online NewsHour, Mashable, Associated Press and Ed Driscoll

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:

What We Know About Boston Marathon Bomb Suspects Dzhokhar And Tamerlan Tsarnaev — AP and NBC reported that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to the U.S. from or near Chechnya, but both have apparently spent several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Via: vk.com

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Gawker, Talking Points Memo, The Long War Journal, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler, Riehl World News, Business Insider and National Review

David Weigel / Slate:
No, You Didn't Just Find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Secret Twitter Account

Discussion: Quartz, Mediaite, BuzzFeed and Mother Jones

Adrian Chen / Gawker:
‘Stay Safe People’: Here Is The Fugitive Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect's Twitter Account

Discussion: Quartz, Good As You, Daily Kos and Riptide 2.0

Wall Street Journal:
A Look at Brothers Suspected in the Boston Bombing

Discussion: New Republic, New Atlanticist and Hit & Run

Boston Globe:
Relatives of Marathon bombing suspects worried that older brother was corrupting ‘sweet’ younger sibling

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Timothy Burke / Deadspin:
Everything We Know About Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dead Bombing Suspect

Discussion: U.S. News, Business Insider, 24Ahead, Israel Matzav, The Jawa Report, The Lonely Conservative, Pat Dollard, The Huffington Post and The Gateway Pundit

New York Times:
Updates on the Hunt for the Boston Bombing Suspects

Discussion: New Republic

Anna Palmer / Politico:
How Boston is already shaping politics

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Bloomberg:
Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers

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Joshua Keating / FP Passport:
Chechen leader on Boston suspects: ‘Seek the roots of evil in America’

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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Grassley Ties Boston Bombings To Immigration Reform

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Kevin Cirilli / Reuters: Muslim groups: Resist ‘scapegoating’

RT:
Boston bombing suspects identified as Tsarnaev brothers from Russia, near Chechnya

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Gideon Lichfield / Quartz:
On Instagram, Chechnya's president criticizes America's handling of the Boston manhunt

Discussion: Mediaite, Business Insider and WorldViews

Online NewsHour:
In Boston, Lockdown Lifted But Manhunt Continues for Second Marathon Bombing Suspect

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TVNewser, National Review and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
'I Don't Bluff, I Make Promises': Beck Gives Gov't Until Monday to Come Clean About Boston Bombing Cover-Up

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Erica Goode / New York Times:
Details of Tsarnaev Brothers' Lives Emerge

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and Quartz

Associated Press:
MANHUNT IN BOSTON AFTER BOMBING SUSPECT IS KILLED

Discussion: Associated Press and Pat Dollard

Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Governor Cuomo Says Boston Bombing Part of ‘New Normal’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Sense of Events

Patricia Wen / The Boston Globe:
College friend shocked by charge he is Boston Marathon bomber

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Reuters and FishbowlDC

USA Today:
Details emerge on Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Discussion: Business Insider, Right Wing News and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Dead Boston bombing suspect was a ‘very religious’ Muslim boxer

Discussion: CNN, The Hill, Telegraph and FreedomWorks blogs

Peter Graff / Reuters:
Boston suspect's web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence

Discussion: FP Passport, nation.foxnews.com and AEIdeas

Mark K. Updegrove / PARADE Magazine:

PARADE's Exclusive Interview: President George W. and Laura Bush — More by Mark K. — President George W. and Laura Bush Reflect on the Twins, Bush's Newfound Passion for Painting, and More — Ben Baker — This Sunday's PARADE features an exclusive interview with the former first couple, George W. and Laura Bush.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Trail Blazers Blog, The Caucus, Mediaite and The Hill

Bedford / The Daily Caller:

New York Times shows sympathy for Boston terrorist suspects — A New York Times feature story on the suspected Boston terrorists showed the possible terrorists in a sympathetic light, with the headline “Far from war-torn homeland, trying to fit in” and a black-and-white picture of one of the men.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, National Review, Ed Driscoll and The PJ Tatler

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian / Reuters:

U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members : spokesperson — (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America called to end a long-standing ban on openly gay members, a spokesman said on Friday, but the organization's board must still vote in May on whether to ratify the resolution.

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David Crary / ABCNEWS:
Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Gay Ban for Youth

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and Taking Note

Dylan Byers / Politico:

MSNBC comes perilously close to Brian Ross-level blunder — Chuck Todd may have saved MSNBC from an enormous blunder this morning when he stopped one of the network's analysts from speculating on “the electronic trails” of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Mediaite and Taylor Marsh

Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:

This Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Actual Twitter Account — His last tweet was on April 17, and he wrote, “I'm a stress free kind of guy.” — “I would confirm this as to being his Twitter account. Those users went to my high school,” said Stefanie Gardner, of the Rindge class of 2011.

Discussion: CNN, CANNONFIRE, Atlas Shrugs and Mashable

Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield” — I spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) by phone just a few minutes ago. He said of the Boston bombers: “They were radicalized somewhere, somehow.” Regardless of whether they are international or …

Discussion: The Hill, The Verge and Hullabaloo