Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The plan to set off bombs at the Boston Marathon wasn’t hatched until about a week before the event, the surviving suspect told investigators Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Writing from his hospital bed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said he and his brother acted alone and were not trained by outsider terrorist groups,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI investigated one of the Boston bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two years ago after Russia warned about his shift toward Islamic extremism, CNN reports. Now, some members of Congress are calling for an investigation to determine how Tsarnaev managed to convince the FBI that he wasn’t a threat, CNN wrote. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is having trouble interrogating the surviving Boston bombings suspect because of his condition at the hospital, The Guardian reports. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, has a bullet wound in his throat and is unable to speak, The Guardian wrote. “The information that we have is that there was a shot to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI excoriated members of the media after false reports began circulating that an arrest was made in the Boston Marathon bombings, the New York Times reports. Agents said the city faulty reporting could lead to “unintended consequences” for the massive investigation. Several news organizations, including the Associated Press, Fox News, CNN…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security in 2010 warned about terrorists using pressure cookers in bombings in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, Fast Company reports. Surgeons who worked on the victims found large pellets, small BBs and headless nails that were stuffed in six-liter pressure cookers. The department sent letters to law enforcement…
