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12:20 PM ET, April 20, 2013

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Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Why Should I Care That No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?  —  When the law gets bent out of shape for him, it's easier to bend out of shape for the rest of us.  —  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night.
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Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Next for Boston suspect: Five legal questions  —  With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken alive, the focus now turns to how the Obama administration is going to seek to bring the Boston Marathon bombing suspect to justice.  —  Lawyers have already made one potentially critical decision: he hasn't been read his Miranda rights, at least for now.
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
What rights should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get and why does it matter?  |  Glenn Greenwald  —  The Obama DOJ says it intends to question the Boston bombing suspect “extensively” without first Mirandizing him  —  Shortly before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen, was apprehended last night …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Telegraph and PoliticusUSA
CBS News:
FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago  —  The FBI admitted Friday they interviewed the now-deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago and failed to find any incriminating information about him.  —  As first reported by CBS News correspondent Bob Orr …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
What You Need To Know About Why The Boston Bombing Suspect Hasn't Been Read His Miranda Rights  —  Despite initial reports to the contrary, FBI agents did not read Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights immediately after he was taken into custody.
Dee DeQuattro / WLNE-TV:
Report: 3 arrested in New Bedford in connection to bombing suspect  —  Neighbors say three have been arrested in New Bedford in connection with the Boston Bombing suspect.  —  Police apprehended suspects from the Hidden Brook Apartments on Carriage Drive in New Bedford.
Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Boston Bomb Suspect Captured Alive in Backyard Boat  —  The alleged Boston Marathon bomber who hid from authorities for more than 20 hours was captured tonight by police, sending cheers up through the Watertown neighborhood where he was found.  —  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19 …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Shorter Lindsey Graham: Constitution?  What Constitution?  —  The South Carolina senator wants Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen, to be held as an enemy combatant.  —  Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, sent these two fascinating tweets this afternoon:
Discussion: Politico and Towleroad News #gay
Open Channel:
What's next: The interrogation of the Boston bombing suspect  —  The FBI invokes the “public safety exception” with Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.  Chris Hayes breaks down what this means.  —  The arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ended the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers …
International Business Times:
Feiz Mohammad: Radical Muslim Preacher Who Inspired Boston Marathon Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev  —  By GARETH PLATT: Subscribe to Gareth's RSS feed  —  Feiz Mohammad, the radical preacher cited by dead Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is a former boxer who blames women for being raped …
Jacob Gershman / Law Blog:
The ‘Public Safety’ Exception
Discussion: Lawfare
The Times of Israel:
Dead Boston bomber recently became ‘devout Muslim,’ his aunt says
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Ben Goad / The Hill:
‘Americans refuse to be terrorized,’ Obama says in weekly address
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press, CNN and The Hill
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield”
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Where Obama Went Wrong In The Gun Control Fight  —  After a hard fought defeat, the White House faces some second-guessing.  “They screwed up.  This thing was lost in March.”  —  Via: The White House, Pete Souza, File / AP  —  WASHINGTON — In one of the toughest defeats …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:   Manchin questions speed of gun bill push
mzv.cz:
Statement of the Ambassador of the Czech Republic on the Boston terrorist attack  —  As many I was deeply shocked by the tragedy that occurred in Boston earlier this month.  It was a stark reminder of the fact that any of us could be a victim of senseless violence anywhere at any moment.
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
City of Boston gave ‘subsidy’ to bombing suspects' radical mosque  —  Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended a Massachusetts mosque that made a controversial deal with a Boston city agency that allowed it to buy land at a lower-than-market price in exchange …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Cambridge wrestling coach recalls Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as ‘dedicated kid’
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  —  Near the end of today's radio broadcast, Glenn Beck declared that the cover-up of the Saudi link to the Boston Marathon bombing makes this the second most important thing (behind 9/11) …
Peter Foster / Telegraph:
Boston bombs: Obama lulled America into false confidence over terror threat  —  The war on terror cannot be fought at an arm's length - and the attacks on Boston have brought uncertainty back to American streets, writes Peter Foster.  —  In his State of the Union address to the American people earlier …
Discussion: Pat Dollard
 
 
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