memeorandum: Why Should I Care That No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights? (Emily Bazelon/Slate)

4:45 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.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Little Green Footballs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, emptywheel, News Desk, Balkinization, Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, msnbc.com, Outside the Beltway, Corrente, Yahoo! News, The Volokh Conspiracy and CBS Boston

Daily Mail:

‘Terrorista#1’: Bragging license plate on BMW belonging to friends of captured Boston bomber who were arrested along with another woman in dramatic raid — The two men arrested last night in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings drive a car with the licence plate that reads: ‘Terrorista #1’

Discussion: Power Line, The Hinterland Gazette, Chicago Boyz, Riehl World News and The Gateway Pundit

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: Washington Wire, ProfessorBainbridge.com, ABCNEWS, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway and Telegraph

CBS News:

Boston bomings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bled for hours from neck, leg wounds, “might not have lived” if not found … (CBS News) More details have emerged about the Friday night capture that brought the intensive manhunt for the Boston bombing suspects to an end.

Discussion: The Hill, The Boston Globe, The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, The Hill, Hot Air, TIME and The Gateway Pundit

Daily Mail:

'He didn't try to be a hero': Stepson of brave Boston boat-owner describes the moment his father found second bombing suspect crumpled and bloody in boat then calmly called 911 — Watertown resident David Henneberry discovered 19-year-old marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his boat at around 5:45 p.m. yesterday

Discussion: Associated Press, New Republic, The Gateway Pundit, Pundit & Pundette, CBS News and ABCNEWS

Fbi / Federal Bureau of Investigation:

2011 Request for Information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Foreign Government … The two individuals believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday have been positively identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, now deceased, and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, now in custody.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Yahoo! News, Guardian, CANNONFIRE and The Times of Israel

The Boston Globe:

Brothers in Marathon bombings took two paths into infamy — The two young brothers from Cambridge seemed to be on promising paths, one a scholarship student at college, the other fighting for a national title in amateur boxing. — And then, apparently with little warning …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Gawker, CNN and New York Times

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

ACLU calls for Miranda rights for Boston bombing suspect — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling for the Obama administration to read the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings his legal rights. — The Department of Justice indicated Friday that the administration …

Discussion: The Hill and Restoring Liberty

Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Debate Over Delaying of Miranda Warning

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller

Taylor Cormier / WBSM:
Three Connected to Bombing Suspect Questioned in New Bedford

Discussion: Business Insider

Open Channel:
What's next: The interrogation of the Boston bombing suspect

Discussion: msnbc.com, Hot Air, U.S. News, Business Insider and Outside the Beltway

Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Boston Bomb Suspect Captured Alive in Backyard Boat

Discussion: Daily Mail, WBSM, Sense of Events, Pat Dollard, ABCNEWS, Deadspin and Infowars

David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Shorter Lindsey Graham: Constitution? What Constitution?

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Towleroad News #gay, Politico, The Hill, The Verge, Mother Jones and Right Turn

Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Feds Make Miranda Rights Exception for Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings, The PJ Tatler, CBS Boston, ABCNEWS, The Verge, ThinkProgress and Gawker

This Just In:
Boston manhunt: The day after — Police: Boston bombings …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Businessweek, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Scared Monkeys and Business Insider

International Business Times:
Feiz Mohammad: Radical Muslim Preacher Who Inspired Boston Marathon Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Discussion: National Review, New Republic, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
What You Need To Know About Why The Boston Bombing Suspect Hasn't Been Read His Miranda Rights

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Scared Monkeys, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Dee DeQuattro / WLNE-TV:
Report: 3 arrested in New Bedford in connection to bombing suspect

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, American Spectator and The Reaction

Telegraph:
Boston marathon bombs: Tamerlan Tsarnaev ‘interviewed by FBI in 2011’

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Mashable and Washington Post

Ben Goad / The Hill:
‘Americans refuse to be terrorized,’ Obama says in weekly address

Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Hill

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

Fox News:
‘We got him!’ Second marathon suspect in custody after tense standoff

Discussion: The Other McCain, neo-neocon, Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs, Guardian, Pat Dollard, Scared Monkeys, Associated Press, CBS Boston, CBS New York and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »

Bill Daley / Washington Post:

Heidi Heitkamp betrayed me on gun control — Bill Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and secretary of commerce from 1997 to 2000. — I want my money back. — Last October, I gave $2,500 to support Heidi Heitkamp's campaign to become North Dakota's junior senator.

Discussion: Politico and The Hill

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 …

Discussion: USA Today, American Prospect, Instapundit and Wall Street Journal

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Politico, The Impolitic, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Times, Deadspin, FP Passport and Balloon Juice

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Add Boston Marathon Bombing to pile of Failed Eliminationist Narratives — It started with Bill Sparkman, the part-time Census worker who went missing and then was found dead, setting off an avalanche of mainstream media and left-blogosphere accusations that he was the victim of anti-government “right-wing” hate.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Jimmy Golen / Associated Press:

Fenway Park Patrolled By Military As Red Sox Game Begins — BOSTON (AP) — Bomb-sniffing dogs and military in camouflage fatigues joined the police patrolling Fenway Park on Saturday, when the Red Sox dressed in a specially designed uniform for their first home game since the Boston Marathon attacks …

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