memeorandum: 'They were set up, FBI followed them for years'- Tsarnaevs' mother to RT (RT)

3:05 AM ET, April 20, 2013

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: Infowars, Blazing Cat Fur, Guardian, CANNONFIRE, Gawker, The Jawa Report, Business Insider, Hot Air, Mother Jones, CBS Boston and The PJ Tatler

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: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Blazing Cat Fur

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) …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Crooks and Liars

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.

Discussion: Business Insider, American Spectator and The Gateway Pundit

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: The Boston Globe, Hot Air, Daily Mail, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider, Atlas Shrugs, The PJ Tatler, Patterico's Pontifications and National Review

RT:

'They were set up, FBI followed them for years'- Tsarnaevs' mother to RT — As police search for the younger of the two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings, RT spoke to the pair's parents who are adamant about their sons' innocence, claiming it was a set up.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Pat Dollard

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 …

Discussion: National Review, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs

Fox News:

‘We got him!’ Second marathon suspect in custody after tense standoff — BREAKING: A day-long dragnet for the second of two brothers believed to be behind Monday's Boston Marathon bombing ended Friday night, with police capturing the suspect covered in blood and hiding in a boat in the backyard …

Discussion: Pat Dollard and Wall Street Journal

Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Did Boston Bombing Suspect Post Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube?

Jesse / CBS New York:
Law Enforcement Finally Tracks Down, Captures Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

Discussion: Infowars, CBS Boston, The Hinterland Gazette and Daily Mail

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, Daily Kos, Joe. My. God., Mashable, Hullabaloo, Gawker, The Raw Story and Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal:

Life in America Unraveled for Brothers — By ALAN CULLISON and PAUL SONNE in Moscow and JENNIFER LEVITZ in Cambridge, Mass. — Where did the alleged bombers of the Boston Marathon come from? What were their career aspirations? What can we learn from their online media presence?

Discussion: New Jersey Online, New Atlanticist, New Republic, Quartz, WorldViews, Business Insider, RT, CBS Boston, Hit & Run, FP Passport and Taylor Marsh

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.

Discussion: The Verge, ABCNEWS, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Julie Eich / CBS Boston:

CAPTURED - Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Caught In Watertown — WATERTOWN (CBS) - A flurry of applause at the scene of a standoff between police and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev signaled his capture Friday night. — After a nearly two-hour standoff in a Watertown neighborhood …

Discussion: The Raw Story, msnbc.com, The Lonely Conservative, U.S. News, The Democratic Daily, Deadspin, The Week, Scared Monkeys, CBS DC, Infowars and Ed Driscoll

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

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Quartz, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Yahoo! News, The Hill, FP Passport and Slate

Bianna Golodryga / ABCNEWS:
Boston Bomb Suspect's Dad Tells Him to Surrender, Warns ‘ Hell Will Break Loose’ if Son Dies

Discussion: Business Insider, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Weasel Zippers, The Raw Story, Pat Dollard, BuzzFeed, CANNONFIRE, Wonkette, American Power, ThinkProgress, nation.foxnews.com, Booman Tribune, Jihad Watch, The Jawa Report, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh

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

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: Quartz, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Good As You and Infowars

Washington Post:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were refugees from brutal Chechen conflict

Discussion: Twitchy, Reuters, Online NewsHour, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mashable, Ed Driscoll, CNN, Hot Air, The Spectacle Blog, Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers

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

Discussion: Quartz, BuzzFeed, Mediaite, Mother Jones and Washington Monthly

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

Discussion: Mediaite, WorldViews and Business Insider

USA Today:
Russia's Chechnya has long terrorist connections

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post, National Post, ABCNEWS and Firedoglake

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

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Online NewsHour:
Second Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Custody

Discussion: National Review, Telegraph, Politico, Mediaite and The Democratic Daily, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: New Republic

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

Discussion: The Hill, FreedomWorks blogs, Business Insider and The Atlantic Online

Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:

Boy Scouts set to end gay ban for youth, not adults — The Boy Scouts of America are calling for an end to their ban on homosexual members, while maintaining the ban for adult leaders. — The organization is proposing a resolution stating that “no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts …

Discussion: Poliglot

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

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, The Raw Story, Taking Note, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and AMERICAblog

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian / Reuters:
U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members : spokesperson

Discussion: New York Times, detroitnews.com, The National Memo, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Truth Wins Out, Joe. My. God., Towleroad News #gay, Althouse, Taylor Marsh, Gawker, Outside the Beltway and Good As You

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

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: The Caucus, Firedoglake, Mediaite, The Hill and Post Politics

Mark K. Updegrove / PARADE Magazine:
President George W. and Laura Bush Reflect on the Twins, Bush's Newfound Passion for Painting, and More

Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog

Katrina Trinko / National Review:

The Corner — Peter King sees the attacks in Massachusetts this week as a wake-up call to local law-enforcement authorities to increase their surveillance and awareness of potential terrorists. — “Police have to be in the community, they have to build up as many sources as they can …

Discussion: Mediaite and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

It Wasn't Sunil Tripathi: The Anatomy of a Misinformation Disaster — How a terrible misidentification of two people with no connection to the Boston bombing spread so far, so fast — In the middle of the last night's nearly unbelievable turn of events, for a few hours …

Discussion: New Statesman, The Technology Chronicles, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Techdirt, Gawker, U.S. News and GigaOM, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

Why Chechens Think The Tsarnaev Brothers Were Framed — Even paranoids have real enemies. Especially in Russia. — Via: Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Getty Images — The Tsarnaev brothers' forceful and charismatic aunt, Maret Tsarnaeva, had barely begun her lecture to the press …