Making Sense of the Tsarnaev Brothers
April 19, 2013, 6:31 PM Less than 24 hours after the FBI posted photos of two suspects in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings, the world has learned an astounding amount, with astounding speed, about the...
View ArticleGovernor Deval Patrick Takes His Turn on the National Stage
As jittery Boston-area residents remain locked in their homes and a massive manhunt unfolds, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has stepped into the national spotlight. The two-term Democratic...
View ArticleBoston’s Long Night of Terror: Tracking the Tsarnaevs
At first it just seemed like a police shooting. There really is no such thing as just a police shooting, but given the week’s heartbreaks, the early-morning attack on Friday was yet more pain to add to...
View ArticleImmigration Reform’s First Big Test: The Boston Bombing
It was supposed to be a week of triumph, not tragedy. Having spent months painstakingly crafting a comprehensive immigration bill, a bipartisan group of senators were finally set to unveil their...
View ArticleCaptured!
Some thoughts about Boston: 1. American law enforcement is extraordinary. This case was wrapped up with remarkable speed–with the help of surveillance cameras and, it seems likely, our ability to trace...
View ArticleHow a Stupid Mistake Led Police Straight to the Boston Terrorists
Among the many mysteries lingering over last week’s horrors in Boston is this one: How did the Tsarnaev brothers allow the man they carjacked on Thursday night to get away? The release or escape–it’s...
View ArticlePolitical Debate Over Boston Bombings Races Ahead Of Investigation
Amid a growing debate over anti-terror reforms in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, the young man at the center of the investigation remained silent this weekend, with a wound in his neck...
View ArticleDid the Boston Bombers Really Use WMD?
The Justice Department charged the accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in federal court Monday, making him a criminal defendant and not an enemy combatant. Among the charges contained in the...
View ArticleBoston Bombing Suspect Given Federal Charges in Hospital
Now that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev is in custody, the federal case against him is moving swiftly. Although he remains in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
View ArticleTsarnaev Snafus: Nearly 12 Years After 9/11, Boston Bombings Highlight...
Ten years ago the Department of Homeland Security was created to end the lack of information sharing amongst U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies that had missed the 9/11 terrorist plot. Now...
View ArticleWill the Boston Bomber Be Executed?
Even as doctors nurse the accused Boston bomber back to health, federal prosecutors in Washington are considering whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death. If convicted and given the death...
View ArticleFour Enduring Mysteries About the Boston Bombings
Two weeks after the Boston marathon bombings killed three people and injured hundreds more, one suspect is dead and another is in custody and charged with a capital crime. The basic outlines of the...
View ArticleFive Questions in Congress About the Boston Bombings
Congress doesn’t agree on much these days, and the Boston bombings are no exception. The tragedy has triggered a wide-ranging debate about why the marathon plot went undetected, who shoulders the blame...
View ArticleVaseline, Fireworks and Text Messages: What We Learned From New Boston...
Three friends of Boston Marathon Bomber suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev were charged in a criminal complaint Wednesday with a ham-handed plot to protect their friend by concealing evidence after the attack...
View ArticleAttacks Like the Boston Bombing Are Nearly Unpreventable
When Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev decided to build the bombs that ultimately killed three and injured hundreds at the Boston Marathon, they had to do little more than a quick Google search and a...
View Article5 New Revelations From The Boston Bomber Indictment
A federal grand jury indicted Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev Thursday on 30 charges connected to the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15 and the manhunt that followed. This is not a surprise. But embedded within...
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