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2:40 PM ET, April 20, 2013

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Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Why Should I Care That No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?  —  When the law gets bent out of shape for him, it's easier to bend out of shape for the rest of us.  —  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night.
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
What rights should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get and why does it matter?  |  Glenn Greenwald  —  The Obama DOJ says it intends to question the Boston bombing suspect “extensively” without first Mirandizing him  —  Shortly before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen, was apprehended last night …
Discussion: Wonkette, ABCNEWS and Telegraph
Daily Mail:
'He didn't try to be a hero': Stepson of brave Boston boat-owner describes the moment his father found second bombing suspect crumpled and bloody in boat then calmly called 911  — Watertown resident David Henneberry discovered 19-year-old marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his boat at around 5:45 p.m. yesterday
Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Next for Boston suspect: Five legal questions  —  With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken alive, the focus now turns to how the Obama administration is going to seek to bring the Boston Marathon bombing suspect to justice.  —  Lawyers have already made one potentially critical decision: he hasn't been read his Miranda rights, at least for now.
Fbi / Federal Bureau of Investigation:
2011 Request for Information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Foreign Government … The two individuals believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday have been positively identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, now deceased, and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, now in custody.
Open Channel:
What's next: The interrogation of the Boston bombing suspect  —  The FBI invokes the “public safety exception” with Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.  Chris Hayes breaks down what this means.  —  The arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ended the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Shorter Lindsey Graham: Constitution?  What Constitution?  —  The South Carolina senator wants Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen, to be held as an enemy combatant.  —  Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, sent these two fascinating tweets this afternoon:
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Politico
Dee DeQuattro / WLNE-TV:
Report: 3 arrested in New Bedford in connection to bombing suspect  —  Neighbors say three have been arrested in New Bedford in connection with the Boston Bombing suspect.  —  Police apprehended suspects from the Hidden Brook Apartments on Carriage Drive in New Bedford.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Debate Over Delaying of Miranda Warning  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's announcement that it would question the Boston Marathon bombing suspect for a period without first reading him the Miranda warning of his right to remain silent and have a lawyer present has revived …
Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Boston Bomb Suspect Captured Alive in Backyard Boat  —  The alleged Boston Marathon bomber who hid from authorities for more than 20 hours was captured tonight by police, sending cheers up through the Watertown neighborhood where he was found.  —  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19 …
CBS News:
FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago
Telegraph:
Boston marathon bombs: Tamerlan Tsarnaev ‘interviewed by FBI in 2011’
Taylor Cormier / WBSM:
Three Connected to Bombing Suspect Questioned in New Bedford
Discussion: Business Insider
Jacob Gershman / Law Blog:
The ‘Public Safety’ Exception
Discussion: Lawfare
The Times of Israel:
Dead Boston bomber recently became ‘devout Muslim,’ his aunt says
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Ben Goad / The Hill:
‘Americans refuse to be terrorized,’ Obama says in weekly address
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and CNN
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield”
mzv.cz:
Statement of the Ambassador of the Czech Republic on the Boston terrorist attack  —  As many I was deeply shocked by the tragedy that occurred in Boston earlier this month.  It was a stark reminder of the fact that any of us could be a victim of senseless violence anywhere at any moment.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Where Obama Went Wrong In The Gun Control Fight  —  After a hard fought defeat, the White House faces some second-guessing.  “They screwed up.  This thing was lost in March.”  —  Via: The White House, Pete Souza, File / AP  —  WASHINGTON — In one of the toughest defeats …
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
City of Boston gave ‘subsidy’ to bombing suspects' radical mosque  —  Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended a Massachusetts mosque that made a controversial deal with a Boston city agency that allowed it to buy land at a lower-than-market price in exchange …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Cambridge wrestling coach recalls Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as ‘dedicated kid’
 
 
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