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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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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
After Boston: Don't Get Fooled Again by the ‘War on Terror’ Hawks — Yes, of course terrorism is real. But that doesn't mean the hawkish approach to counterterrorism hasn't been discredited. — The self-assurance of War on Terror hawks is one of the most peculiar phenomena in our politics.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Conservative Paranoid Mind — There's a common thread linking conservatives' positions on gun control, immigration, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: the constant need to stoke fear. By Michael Tomasky. — Liberals and civil libertarians shouldn't yet be saying that there's utterly …
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Washington Monthly, The Week and American Spectator
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: Wrong name hid Russia trip — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that the FBI did not know that Tamerlan Tsarnaev — the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect — went on a six-month overseas trip in 2011 because his name was misspelled.
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Mark Arsenault / Boston Globe:
Dead suspect broke angrily with Muslim speakers
Dead suspect broke angrily with Muslim speakers
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Wall Street Journal:
Enemy Combatants in Boston
Enemy Combatants in Boston
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Associated Press:
Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev charged with using WMD, faces death penalty
Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev charged with using WMD, faces death penalty
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ThinkProgress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Shakesville, The Hinterland Gazette and The Huffington Post
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Republican Lawmaker — And Former FBI Agent — Defends Bureau's Handling Of Boston Bombing
Republican Lawmaker — And Former FBI Agent — Defends Bureau's Handling Of Boston Bombing
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Los Angeles Times and Riehl World News
Greg Weston / CBC News:
Alleged terror plot thwarted by arrests in Ontario, Quebec — RCMP to outline joint operation involving CSIS, U.S. authorities and local police at 3:30 ET — Canadian police and intelligence agencies will announce later today they have thwarted a plot to carry out a major terrorist attack …
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CNN:
Canadian police: 2 arrested in al Qaeda-supported terror plot — (CNN) — Canadian authorities have arrested two men accused of plotting to attack a passenger train in an al Qaeda-supported plot, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday. — Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Canada busts terrorist plot in Quebec; Update: Two in custody; Update: Targeted Niagara …
Breaking: Canada busts terrorist plot in Quebec; Update: Two in custody; Update: Targeted Niagara …
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JustOneMinute, Globe and Mail and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Reuters:
Canada to announce arrests after thwarting ‘major terrorist attack’ - CBC
Canada to announce arrests after thwarting ‘major terrorist attack’ - CBC
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Reuters:
RCMP thwart ‘major terrorist attack’ in Canada
RCMP thwart ‘major terrorist attack’ in Canada
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Stewart Bell / National Post:
Two suspects in custody over alleged Canadian terror plot
Two suspects in custody over alleged Canadian terror plot
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Jihad Watch
The United States Department of Justice:
Suspect in Boston Marathon Attack Charged with Using a Weapon of Mass Destruction — Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Cambridge, Mass., has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property …
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Mother Jones, Connecting.the.Dots, The Week, BBC, Hot Air, Lawfare and Gothamist
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Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
42 Million People Watched Last Hour Of Manhunt For Accused Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — In 1993, 42.4 million households tuned in to the series finale of Cheers. Last Friday, almost 42 million people tuned in ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC to watch the last hour …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Unsealed Complaint and Affidavit - U.S. v Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Unsealed Complaint and Affidavit - U.S. v Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Hot Air
Rand Paul:
Sen. Paul Issues Letter to Majority Leader Reid Regarding Consideration of Immigration Bill — In the wake of the Boston Marathon Bombings, focus should be on National Security — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today issued a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Opponent Of Immigration Reform Totally Loses It During Immigration Hearing — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tore into conservative critics who have sought to exploit the Boston bombings to delay immigration reform, eliciting a strong rebuke from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette
Talking Points Memo:
‘I Never Said That!’: Chuck Grassley And Chuck Schumer Argue Over Boston
‘I Never Said That!’: Chuck Grassley And Chuck Schumer Argue Over Boston
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rubio: Immigration bill should take Boston attack into account
Rubio: Immigration bill should take Boston attack into account
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CNN, Associated Press, The Political Carnival and Hot Air
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
BECK BREAKS EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION ON SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN BOSTON BOMBINGS — Editor's Note: We'll be discussing this story and all the day's news during our live BlazeCast at 12pm ET...including your questions, comments & live chat: — Background points:
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Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
Saudi National Questioned in Boston Attack was on Terror Watch List
Saudi National Questioned in Boston Attack was on Terror Watch List
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Colbert Busch expands lead — PPP's newest poll on the special election in South Carolina finds Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch expanding her lead to 9 points over Mark Sanford at 50/41. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt polls at 3%. — Colbert Busch's lead is on the rise for several reasons.
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Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Furloughs, weather begin snarling air traffic — Air travelers in and out of Washington, New York, Boston and Charlotte began feeling the effects of the sequester on Monday, as flight delays and cancellations crept into the nation's flight schedules a day after the FAA started to furlough air traffic controllers.
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Alwyn Scott / Reuters:
Delays hit major airports as control tower furloughs kick in
Delays hit major airports as control tower furloughs kick in
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TIME, The Plum Line, Business Insider and Outside the Beltway
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.
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Washington Monthly, National Review, The Moderate Voice and naked capitalism
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House: Dzhokar Tsarnaev not ‘an enemy combatant’ — Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev “will not be treated as an enemy combatant,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday. — Carney's statement comes after a group of Republican lawmakers led by Sen. Lindsey Graham …
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
White House: Boston suspect will not be treated as combatant
White House: Boston suspect will not be treated as combatant
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Reuters, The Hill and The Lonely Conservative
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Senator Told Shooting Victim's Mother He Supported Background Checks, Then Voted Against Them — Shortly before the a crucial Senate vote to expand background checks in gun transactions, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter to the mother of a shooting victim claiming that he was “truly sorry” …
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Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Daniel W. Drezner:
Meet the revisionist George W. Bush — pretty much the same as the old George W. Bush — The George W. Bush presidential library is having its coming-out party this week. Five years after the end of the Bush administration, it's about time for a push to recalibrate our historical understanding of George W. Bush's legacy.
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Mother Jones, A plain blog about politics and Ed Driscoll
Politicker:
Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Will ‘Have to Change’ After Boston Bombing — Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. (Photo John Moore/Getty Images) — In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the country's interpretation …
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Capital New York and Hit & Run
Joncgabriel / FreedomWorks blogs:
13 Worst Predictions Made on Earth Day, 1970 — The 1970s were a lousy decade. Embarrassing movies, dreadful music and downright terrifying clothes reflected the national mood following an unpopular war, endless political scandals and a faltering economy. — Popular culture was consumed with decline, especially Hollywood.
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Power Line, AMERICAN.COM, Ed Driscoll, The PJ Tatler and Vodkapundit