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Christopher Bucktin / Mirror.co.uk:
Boston bombers: FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Police believe the pair were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack — Covered boat: Fugitive was found in back yard — The FBI was last night hunting …
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Top Democrat Slams GOP's Islamophobia After Boston Bombing — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) smacked down Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) attempt to link Boston bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Islamic extremists based in the American Muslim community with no evidence …
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The Gateway Pundit and CNN
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Top Conservatives Admit Boston Bombing Suspect Cannot Be Tried In Military Tribunal — On Friday, while the manhunt for suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) published a series of tweets suggesting that he wanted to revive the George W. Bush-era debates …
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Reuters, The Other McCain and Liberal Values
Daily Mail:
Was Boston bomber inspired by Russia's Bin Laden? FBI tracked radicalised older brother ‘for five years’ after being told of his links to Chechen terrorists — But FBI later discounted Tamerlan as a threat, despite telling his mother he was an ‘extremist leader’
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Schumer, Graham spar over ‘enemy combatant’ designation for suspect — Two powerful senators - one Democrat and one Republican - sparred Sunday over what legal rights should be afforded the lone living suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. — By all indications, the Obama administration …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
House Homeland Security chairman believes suspect trained in Russia — (CNN) - House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said Sunday he believes Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects, received training during an extended trip to the Chechen region of Russia in 2012.
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Ben Goad / The Hill:
Rep. Peter King: Bombing suspect may hold ‘treasure trove of intelligence’ — A former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee defended his call Sunday for the United States to treat the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing as an enemy combatant, arguing that his interrogatioin …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McCaul: Older Boston suspect likely ‘received training’ on Russia trip — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was “very probably” trained by Islamists on a 2012 trip to Russia.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Amazing New Details from the Chase for the Boston Bombers
Amazing New Details from the Chase for the Boston Bombers
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Weasel Zippers, TIME and The Gateway Pundit
CBS News:
Boston bombing suspect in serious condition
Boston bombing suspect in serious condition
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The Moderate Voice, Daily Mail, Boston Globe and neo-neocon
New York Post:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Fighter with a hidden hatred
Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Fighter with a hidden hatred
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ABCNEWS, Atlas Shrugs, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Los Angeles Times:
FBI: Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev followed ‘radical Islam’
FBI: Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev followed ‘radical Islam’
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Daily Mail, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Boston Globe, Power Line and The Lonely Conservative
NPR:
Older Suspect Described As Controlling, Manipulative
Older Suspect Described As Controlling, Manipulative
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TODAY.com, The Jawa Report and The Lead with Jake Tapper
Daily Mail:
‘Terrorista#1’: Bragging license plate on BMW belonging to friends of captured Boston bomber …
‘Terrorista#1’: Bragging license plate on BMW belonging to friends of captured Boston bomber …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Home-grown terrorist attack threatens to disrupt Obama's second-term agenda
Home-grown terrorist attack threatens to disrupt Obama's second-term agenda
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: ‘Enemy combatant’
Lindsey Graham: ‘Enemy combatant’
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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, Infowars and The Hill
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Koch Brothers Making Play for Tribune's Newspapers — Three years ago, Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, held a seminar of like-minded, wealthy political donors at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colo. They laid out a three-pronged …
Suzanne Daley / New York Times:
Danes Rethink a Welfare State Ample to a Fault — COPENHAGEN — It began as a stunt intended to prove that hardship and poverty still existed in this small, wealthy country, but it backfired badly. Visit a single mother of two on welfare, a liberal member of Parliament goaded …
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Associated Press:
Hagel: Israel, US see ‘exactly same’ Iran threat — TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the United States and Israel see “exactly the same” threat from Iran, but differ on when it may reach the point of requiring U.S. or Israeli military action.
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Kerry annouces doubling of nonlethal aid to Syrian opposition
Kerry annouces doubling of nonlethal aid to Syrian opposition
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UPI:
2 shot as thousands rally to celebrate marijuana in Denver — Two people were shot in Denver's Civic Center Saturday where thousands of people gathered for marijuana-inspired “420 Day” festivities, paramedics said. — Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said a man and woman in their 20s …
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The PJ Tatler, Pat Dollard and The Gateway Pundit
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Bill Maher: Comparing violence of Islam to Christianity ‘liberal bullsh*t’ [VIDEO] — On HBO's “Real Time” on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained UC-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the events in recent days …
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nogy.net:
Republican Party of Benton County Newsletter — A newsletter for Members, Republican Elected Officials, — Candidates and Friends — Benton County Republican Committee Members, — I am very excited to announce confirmation of Governor Nikki R. Haley from South Carolina …
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