Explosions at the Boston Marathon

[lemonfly]

Originally Posted by Hewson

There was a profiler on the radio this afternoon who espoused the exact opposite theory, that younger brother was the main cog and brains behind it and basically he allowed/sent big bro to sacrifice himself to aid in his own escape.

Apparently there were reports he "drove over" his big bro (who may have been still alive) whilst escaping. I'm curious to see how his defense plays out. Will he play the "I was only the kid brother who was cajoled by bully elder brother" card? Seeing as he was hiding in a boat, he seems like the type who will do literally anything to save his own ass.

[dazzledbylight]

I ABSOLUTELY understand why people have the gut feeling of wanting him dead--
--as a born & bread nyc'r who worked a year from '80-'81 on the NE Big Windows (fantastic view) 73rd floor of The South (#2) Trade Tower --
I had a deep sense of satisfaction when we found out Bin Laden had been killed.

So i understand why you'd want him to commit "hari kari" and I am glad we might find out why they did this.

[dazzledbylight]

And yay for everyone in the Boston area to feel relived, and strength to all those grieving, injured, traumatized! Got teared up watching the crowd in Watertown cheering the police, firefighters as they leave.

[trojanchick99]

Interesting to hear he won't be Mirandizing before initial questioning. There was an exemption granted due to the imminent danger to the public.

[Pearl]

Uhm...

SHEP | Media | Sports GIFs

That was NBC News Shepard Smith was video bombing. I'm sure it happens during such press conferences, but damn. Media Behaving Badly #500

[martha]

Originally Posted by trojanchick99

Interesting to hear he won't be Mirandizing before initial questioning. There was an exemption granted due to the imminent danger to the public.

Really?

[PhilsFan]

Yes. Confirmed by one of the agents in the press conference. They used the public safety exception to avoid a need for Miranda rights.

[DRay9911]

here’s where another member of the chechnyan sleeper cell sneaks into the kid’s hospital room and slips something into his IV before the feds can question him.

[martha]

Originally Posted by PhilsFan

Yes. Confirmed by one of the agents in the press conference. They used the public safety exception to avoid a need for Miranda rights.

I don't like that.

It doesn't mean that whoever made that decision is wrong. I'm sure they know more what they're doing than I do.

[trojanchick99]

The good news is the exception expires, meaning in 48 hours he will be Mirandized.

[martha]

Ok, good.

[PennyLanePHINS]

Originally Posted by deep

His family can take down those missing posters.

I don't think he will be going back to Brown any time soon.

Wasn't that someone else who was wrongly named? This guy went to some community college I thought??

[The_Pac_Mule]

[deep]

Originally Posted by PennyLanePHINS

Wasn't that someone else who was wrongly named? This guy went to some community college I thought??

I saw it on twitter
It had a hashmark from a legit news source

[PhilsFan]

Originally Posted by deep

I saw it on twitter
It had a hashmark from a legit news source

God, you are the worst.

[The_Pac_Mule]

Beats the medical care he would have received in Russia I'm sure

[PennyLanePHINS]

The one who is still alive actually has a confirmed Twitter account: https://twitter.com/J_tsar

Some eerie tweets since the 15th.

[BoMac]

Originally Posted by PhilsFan

God, you are the worst.

How he hasn't been suspended or reprimanded for trolling all these years is beyond me.

[deep]

this is interesting

FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago - CBS News

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, the FBI interviewed Tsarnaev, the elder brother of at-large bombing suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, at the request of a foreign government to see if he had any extremist ties, but failed to find any linkage.

Both Tsarnaev brothers were legal permanent residents of the U.S. There is no evidence so far that either brother received any tactical training.

CBS News correspondent John Miller reports it is likely Russia asked to have the elder Tsarnaev vetted because of suspected ties to Chechen extremists.

The FBI is likely to have run a background check, running his name through all the relevant databases, including those of other agencies, checking on his communications and all of his overseas travel. Miller reports that culminated in a sit-down interview where they probably asked him a lot of questions about his life, his contacts, his surroundings. All of this was then written in a report and sent it to the requesting government.

[Diemen]

Originally Posted by deep

all I know is that after all this I am going out drinking this weekend

and god help me if I find a guy wearing a turban on my way home.

I haven't been able to follow this thread as closely as I'd like to, but this comment needs to be called out for being wholly inappropriate, jest or not. You get a lot of slack to play your devil's advocate schtick around here, deep. That's pushing it too far.