memeorandum: Boston bombing suspects enter into immigration debate (Mike Lillis/The Hill)

8:35 AM ET, April 20, 2013

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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, Business Insider, Mother Jones, Gawker, Hot Air, The Jawa Report, CBS Boston and The PJ Tatler

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, The Gateway Pundit and American Spectator

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, Blazing Cat Fur, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

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: CBS Boston, The Verge, ABCNEWS and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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, Pat Dollard and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »

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

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

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

Ben Goad / The Hill:

‘Americans refuse to be terrorized,’ Obama says in weekly address — President Obama used his weekly address to recount acts of heroism and generosity in response to this week's Boston Marathon bombing, declaring that the nation's spirit will not be shaken.

Discussion: Associated Press, CNN and The Hill

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

Wall Street Journal:
Life in America Unraveled for Brothers

Discussion: New Jersey Online, New Atlanticist, New Republic, Quartz, WorldViews, Business Insider, Hit & Run, CBS Boston, Daniel W. Drezner, FP Passport and RT

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

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

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

Discussion: Restoring Liberty and The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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

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

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, The Spectacle Blog, CNN, Hot Air and Scared Monkeys

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, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, National Post and Firedoglake

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

Discussion: Politico and CNN

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

Discussion: The Hill, FreedomWorks blogs, Business Insider and Watchdog.org

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: CANNONFIRE, Crooks and Liars and The Moderate Voice

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Substituting Identity for Motivation

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Washington Monthly

Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
EXCLUSIVE: CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE CONTRADICTS ICE ACCOUNT, SAYS LAWMAKERS IN POSSESSION OF FILE …

Discussion: Pat Dollard, Right Wing Watch and Jihad Watch

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

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

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Boston bombing suspects enter into immigration debate — A powerful senator warned Friday that this week's Boston marathon bombings should give Congress pause as it attempts to overhaul the nation's immigration system. — Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee …

Discussion: Restoring Liberty, The Hill and Washington Post

Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield”

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Verge, The Hill, Hullabaloo and The Huffington Post

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

Mark K. Updegrove / PARADE Magazine:

President George W. and Laura Bush Reflect on the Twins, Bush's Newfound Passion for Painting, and More — The first lady in the library's soon-to-bloom Texas Rose Garden. Ben Baker — In this Sunday's issue of PARADE, the former first couple, George W. and Laura Bush …

Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog