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1:45 PM ET, April 22, 2013

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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Make No Mistake, It Was Jihad  —  Let's hope the administration gets over its reluctance to recognize attacks on the U.S. for what they are.  —  If your concern about the threat posed by the Tsarnaev brothers is limited to assuring that they will never be in a position to repeat their grisly acts, rest easy.
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: Wrong name hid Russia trip  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that the FBI did not know that Tamerlan Tsarnaev — the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect — went on a six-month overseas trip in 2011 because his name was misspelled.
New York Times:
Investigators Dig for Roots of Bomb Suspects' Radicalization  —  WASHINGTON — The two men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were armed with a small arsenal of guns, ammunition and explosives when they first confronted the police early Friday, and were most likely planning more attacks, the authorities said Sunday.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Conservative Paranoid Mind  —  There's a common thread linking conservatives' positions on gun control, immigration, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: the constant need to stoke fear.  By Michael Tomasky.  —  Liberals and civil libertarians shouldn't yet be saying that there's utterly …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Mark Arsenault / Boston Globe:
Dead suspect broke angrily with Muslim speakers  —  Evidence mounts of radical turn  —  Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, angrily disrupted a January talk at a Cambridge mosque when a speaker compared the Prophet Mohammed and the peace activist …
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Boston bombing suspects did not have valid handgun licenses  —  (Reuters) - The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle with officers early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived, authorities said on Sunday.
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Republican Lawmaker — And Former FBI Agent — Defends Bureau's Handling Of Boston Bombing  —  “They did an exceptional job ... you cannot expect the FBI is randomly investigating American citizens,” former FBI agent turned congressman Michael Grimm says.  —  Via: Jacquelyn Martin, File / AP
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Marathon bombing suspects not registered to vote  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Boston Marathon bombing suspects' geopolitical leanings are still largely a mystery, and so is their American political outlook, after a review of records in this city where they lived for the last several years.
U.S. News:
Badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect responding to questions
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Opponent Of Immigration Reform Totally Loses It During Immigration Hearing  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tore into conservative critics who have sought to exploit the Boston bombings to delay immigration reform, eliciting a strong rebuke from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
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Rand Paul:
Sen. Paul Issues Letter to Majority Leader Reid Regarding Consideration of Immigration Bill  —  In the wake of the Boston Marathon Bombings, focus should be on National Security  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today issued a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Paul: Boston shows vulnerabilities in current immigration system
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
Saudi National Questioned in Boston Attack was on Terror Watch List  —  The Saudi national who was initially detained and then ruled out as a suspect in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack had been flagged on a terror watch list and was granted a student visa without being properly vetted, sources have told me.
Discussion: Riehl World News and Atlas Shrugs
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Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
BECK BREAKS EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION ON SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN BOSTON BOMBINGS
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Right Wing Watch
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
A red state/blue state chasm  —  In the week since modest gun control died in the Senate, those of us who don't think guns make the country safer have been inclined to blame a few cowardly senators whose votes could have shifted the outcome.  —  Unfortunately, the problem is bigger than that.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Jobless Trap  —  F.D.R. told us that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself.  But when future historians look back at our monstrously failed response to economic depression, they probably won't blame fear, per se.  Instead, they'll castigate our leaders for fearing the wrong things.
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE — SECRET EMAILS: CATO, NORQUIST, RUBIO USE BOSTON TERROR ATTACKS TO PUSH IMMIGRATION REFORM  —  Secret emails obtained exclusively by Breitbart News show the libertarian Cato Institute, Americans for Tax Reform, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) are colluding on immigration reform messaging …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Ted Cruz vs. Marco Rubio on immigration
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
Arutz Sheva:
Kerry Compares Boston Victims, Marmara Terrorists  —  At Istanbul, Secretary of State makes jarring comparison between Boston Marathon terror victims, IHH terror activists killed by Israel.  —  Speaking at Istanbul, Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a jarring comparison between …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Senator Told Shooting Victim's Mother He Supported Background Checks, Then Voted Against Them  —  Shortly before the a crucial Senate vote to expand background checks in gun transactions, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter to the mother of a shooting victim claiming that he was “truly sorry” …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
After Boston: Don't Get Fooled Again by the ‘War on Terror’ Hawks  —  Yes, of course terrorism is real.  But that doesn't mean the hawkish approach to counterterrorism hasn't been discredited.  —  The self-assurance of War on Terror hawks is one of the most peculiar phenomena in our politics.
 
 
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
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The Local:
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