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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Make No Mistake, It Was Jihad — Let's hope the administration gets over its reluctance to recognize attacks on the U.S. for what they are. — If your concern about the threat posed by the Tsarnaev brothers is limited to assuring that they will never be in a position to repeat their grisly acts, rest easy.
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National Review, UrbanGrounds, Lawyers, Guns & Money, LewRockwell.com Blog and msnbc.com
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Boston bombing suspects did not have valid handgun licenses — (Reuters) - The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle with officers early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived, authorities said on Sunday.
Wall Street Journal:
Enemy Combatants in Boston — Was there a FISA order issued for Tamerlan Tsarnaev? — A row has broken out over whether the Obama Administration is violating the legal due process of Boston terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by not reading him his Miranda rights before questioning.
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LewRockwell.com Blog and TheBlaze.com
New York Times:
Suspects Seemed Set for Attacks Beyond Boston — WASHINGTON — The two men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were armed with a small arsenal of guns, ammunition and explosives when they first confronted the police early Friday, and were most likely planning more attacks, the authorities said Sunday.
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Gawker and The Hugh Hewitt Show
bigstory.ap.org:
Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit — You are here — Home » Massachusetts » Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police official say the brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, UrbanGrounds, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Doug Ross and The Hinterland Gazette
New York Times:
How to Handle a Terrorism Case — Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina apparently has a thermal-imaging device for detecting the motivation of the man arrested on suspicion of bombing the Boston Marathon. He and three other Republican lawmakers declared — without the benefit of evidence …
Alyssa Newcomb / ABCNEWS:
Authorities: Boston Bombing Suspect Is Responding to Questions in Writing — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding sporadically in writing to questions, authorities said. Investigators are asking about other cell members and other unexploded bombs, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
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Taylor Marsh, The Week, Politico, The Fix, Daily Mail, New York Times, Gawker, CNN, ABCNEWS, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider
Washington Post:
CIA, FBI, military interrogators ready to question Boston bombing suspect
CIA, FBI, military interrogators ready to question Boston bombing suspect
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Boston Globe, The Week, Hot Air, Prairie Weather, Post Politics and Politico
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
College Friend Of Boston Bombing Suspect Says They Discussed Bombing At School Gym
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Report: Suspects not licensed to own guns
Report: Suspects not licensed to own guns
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Questions and Observations, JustOneMinute and Twitchy
U.S. News:
Badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect responding to questions
Badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect responding to questions
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Boston Globe and msnbc.com
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmakers Push to Have Boston Suspect Questioned as Enemy Combatant
G.O.P. Lawmakers Push to Have Boston Suspect Questioned as Enemy Combatant
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New Republic and The Blotter
Julia Preston / New York Times:
F.B.I. Interview Led Homeland Security to Hold Up Citizenship for One Brother
F.B.I. Interview Led Homeland Security to Hold Up Citizenship for One Brother
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ImmigrationProf Blog, Daily Mail, Outside the Beltway and Twitchy
United States Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina:
Graham, McCain, Ayotte and King Statement On Enemy Combatant Status For Boston Suspect
Graham, McCain, Ayotte and King Statement On Enemy Combatant Status For Boston Suspect
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American Prospect and Right Turn
Tom Curry / NBC Politics:
Terrorist suspect may have traveled to Russia in 2012 under alias
Terrorist suspect may have traveled to Russia in 2012 under alias
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Crooks and Liars
Daily Mail:
Caught just in time: ‘Bombers were about to plant MORE devices but plot was spoiled by release of CCTV photos’
Caught just in time: ‘Bombers were about to plant MORE devices but plot was spoiled by release of CCTV photos’
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The Gateway Pundit, Telegraph, Riehl World News, Politico and Boston Globe
NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Suspected Boston Marathon bombers lived in squalid, ramshackle apartment
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Suspected Boston Marathon bombers lived in squalid, ramshackle apartment
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Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Pressing Issues, Hot Air and Riehl World News
USA Today:
No charges to be filed in Boston bomb case today
No charges to be filed in Boston bomb case today
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Guardian, The Raw Story and The Hill
Micah Cohen / FiveThirtyEight:
Small Majority Approved of Miranda Rights for Terror Suspects
Small Majority Approved of Miranda Rights for Terror Suspects
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Business Insider, Verdict, Techdirt and msnbc.com
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - How doctor's daughter became the Muslim convert widow of Boston bomber: Terrorist husband ‘brainwashed’ her and she gave up her dreams of college to have his baby at 21 — Schoolfriend tells MailOnline how Katherine Russell had dreams of joining the Peace Corps - but was ‘totally transformed’ by Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Riehl World News and American Power
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Daily Mail:
Bomber is awake and responding to questions after he ‘shot himself in the head while he was cornered in boat’
Bomber is awake and responding to questions after he ‘shot himself in the head while he was cornered in boat’
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Weasel Zippers, BBC, Infowars and Riehl World News
Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Boston bomber: FBI ‘dropped the ball’ over Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Boston bomber: FBI ‘dropped the ball’ over Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Jobless Trap — F.D.R. told us that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself. But when future historians look back at our monstrously failed response to economic depression, they probably won't blame fear, per se. Instead, they'll castigate our leaders for fearing the wrong things.
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice and naked capitalism
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Does Evil Make Liberals Stupid? — In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, we are suffering through the inevitable period of liberal hand-wringing. Liberals can't help themselves: while normal people are reviling the bombers, celebrating their capture or death …
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Betsy's Page, Daily Kos and NewsBusters
Alyssa Brown / Gallup:
In U.S., Most Oppose State Gas Tax Hike to Fund Repairs — Democrats and Westerners more supportive of gas tax increase in states — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two-thirds of Americans would vote against a state law that would increase the gas tax by up to 20 cents a gallon …
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill — The days of tax-free online shopping could finally be numbered. — The Senate is planning to vote on a bill as soon as Monday that would give states the authority to collect sales taxes on all Internet purchases, handing local governments …
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ThinkProgress and Hot Air
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Memories of the First Earth Day — 43 years ago today, America celebrated the first Earth Day. And in the public high school I attended in conservative Cobb County, Georgia, we had a big Earth Day program, complete with a speech by actor Hal Holbrook, who had identified with the environmentalist cause …
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Balloon Juice
Arutz Sheva:
Kerry Compares Boston Victims, Marmara Terrorists — At Istanbul, Secretary of State makes jarring comparison between Boston Marathon terror victims, IHH terror activists killed by Israel. — Speaking at Istanbul, Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a jarring comparison between …
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Israel Matzav, Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs