The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will spend the four days leading up to the Boston Marathon conducting a helicopter-based survey to measure naturally occurring background radiation in a ten square mile area west of downtown Boston. The measurements are being taken to "establish…
The Boston police announces that "Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case."
NBC reports that Russia is telling American authorities that it overheard a wiretapped conversation between the suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his mother about jihad:
Jeff Bauman, a survivor from the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, tells a Boston radio show his killer is dead--and he's still alive. "He's dead and I'm still here," said Bauman, who helped identify the suspects to authorities from his hospital bed.
Lee Smith writes:
CNN’s headline this morning reads, “Boston suspect: It was just us.” The headline links to an article that begins by explaining that the “surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told investigators that his older brother, not any international terrorist group, masterminded the deadly…
During President Obama’s trip to Israel last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to apologize for the “operational mistakes” that in May 2010 led to the deaths of nine Turks who attacked Israeli commandoes after they boarded the…
There is still much we don’t know about the Boston Marathon bombers. It will take time to piece together a more complete picture of their backgrounds. But the investigation has taken an important turn since late last week, as U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are delving into their…
In a joint statement, four lawmakers urge President Obama to treat the Boston bombing suspect picked up last night in Watertown, Mass. as an “enemy combatant.” Here’s the joint statement, signed by Rep. Peter King, Senators Kelly Ayotte, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham:
NBC reports:
Suspect two in the Boston bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is currently on the loose, appears to have attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He appears to have been awarded a city scholarship in 2011.
President Obama thanked Boston marathon volunteers earlier today:
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell made the case this evening that the National Rifle Association is to blame for the slow investigation into the Boston bombings:
Tomorrow's page 1 of the Boston Herald:
In a statement to the press, the Department of Homeland Security says that it doesn't believe the Boston bombings are part of a "broader plot" and it "continues to keep in place enhanced security measures at transportation hubs."
Barney Frank discussing the Boston marathon bombing on CNN this morning:
NBC reports:
CNN now reports that an 8-year-old child was killed in today's Boston marathon bombings:
President Barack Obama addressed the Boston Marathon bombing just now from the White House:
Fox News reports and provides video from Boston:
The New York Post reports that: