memeorandum: How to Handle a Terrorism Case (New York Times)

9:50 AM ET, April 22, 2013

Top Items:

EXCLUSIVE - How doctor's daughter became the Muslim convert widow of Boston bomber: Terrorist husband ‘brainwashed’ her and she gave up her dreams of college to have his baby at 21 — Schoolfriend tells MailOnline how Katherine Russell had dreams of joining the Peace Corps - but was ‘totally transformed’ by Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Discussion: Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Riehl World News and American Power

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.

Discussion: National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money, LewRockwell.com Blog and msnbc.com

New York Times:

Suspects Seemed Set for Attacks Beyond Boston — 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.

Discussion: Gawker and The Hugh Hewitt Show

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.

Discussion: Politico and The Hill

bigstory.ap.org:

Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit — You are here — Home » Massachusetts » Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police official say the brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Doug Ross and The Hinterland Gazette

Washington Post:

CIA, FBI, military interrogators ready to question Boston bombing suspect — Federal prosecutors on Sunday were preparing to file charges against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, even as he remained under heavy guard at a local hospital amid questions about whether authorities would be able to interrogate him.

Discussion: The Week, Hot Air, Prairie Weather, Post Politics and Politico

Alyssa Newcomb / ABCNEWS:

Authorities: Boston Bombing Suspect Is Responding to Questions in Writing — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding sporadically in writing to questions, authorities said. Investigators are asking about other cell members and other unexploded bombs, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Week, The Fix, Daily Mail, Politico, New York Times, Gawker, CNN, ABCNEWS, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider

Wall Street Journal:

Enemy Combatants in Boston — Was there a FISA order issued for Tamerlan Tsarnaev? — A row has broken out over whether the Obama Administration is violating the legal due process of Boston terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by not reading him his Miranda rights before questioning.

Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog and TheBlaze.com

New York Times:

How to Handle a Terrorism Case — Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina apparently has a thermal-imaging device for detecting the motivation of the man arrested on suspicion of bombing the Boston Marathon. He and three other Republican lawmakers declared — without the benefit of evidence …

Discussion: Politico and Mediaite

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

College Friend Of Boston Bombing Suspect Says They Discussed Bombing At School Gym — A student who was friendly with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told CNN Sunday that he discussed the Boston bombing with the suspected bomber at the UMass Dartmouth gym after Monday's bombing.

Daily Mail:
Bomber is awake and responding to questions after he ‘shot himself in the head while he was cornered in boat’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, BBC, Riehl World News and Infowars

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Report: Suspects not licensed to own guns

Discussion: Questions and Observations, JustOneMinute and Twitchy

U.S. News:
Badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect responding to questions

Discussion: Boston Globe, msnbc.com and The Democratic Daily

Julia Preston / New York Times:
F.B.I. Interview Led Homeland Security to Hold Up Citizenship for One Brother

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog, Daily Mail, Outside the Beltway and Twitchy

Tom Curry / NBC Politics:
Terrorist suspect may have traveled to Russia in 2012 under alias

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Daily Mail:
Caught just in time: ‘Bombers were about to plant MORE devices but plot was spoiled by release of CCTV photos’

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Telegraph, Riehl World News, Weasel Zippers, Politico, CBS News, Boston Globe, Gothamist and The Moderate Voice

Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Boston bomber: FBI ‘dropped the ball’ over Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit

NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Suspected Boston Marathon bombers lived in squalid, ramshackle apartment

Discussion: Pressing Issues and Riehl World News

USA Today:
No charges to be filed in Boston bomb case today

Discussion: Guardian, The Raw Story and The Hill

Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: FBI ‘Dropped The Ball’ With Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Discussion: Power Line and PoliticusUSA

NY Daily News:
Friends of accused Boston bomber taken into custody in New Bedford, Mass.

Discussion: This Just In, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Daily Mail, Scared Monkeys and Hot Air

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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and naked capitalism

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Why Does Evil Make Liberals Stupid? — In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, we are suffering through the inevitable period of liberal hand-wringing. Liberals can't help themselves: while normal people are reviling the bombers, celebrating their capture or death …

Discussion: Betsy's Page, Daily Kos and NewsBusters

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

G.O.P. Lawmakers Push to Have Boston Suspect Questioned as Enemy Combatant — WASHINGTON — Some Republican lawmakers want President Obama to declare the surviving Boston bombing suspect an enemy combatant in order to question him without a lawyer and other protections of the criminal justice system …

Discussion: New Republic and The Blotter

United States Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina:
Graham, McCain, Ayotte and King Statement On Enemy Combatant Status For Boston Suspect

Discussion: American Prospect and Right Turn

Micah Cohen / FiveThirtyEight:
Small Majority Approved of Miranda Rights for Terror Suspects

Discussion: Techdirt, Verdict, New Orleans Times-Picayune and msnbc.com

Alyssa Brown / Gallup:

In U.S., Most Oppose State Gas Tax Hike to Fund Repairs — Democrats and Westerners more supportive of gas tax increase in states — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two-thirds of Americans would vote against a state law that would increase the gas tax by up to 20 cents a gallon …

Discussion: CNN and Politico

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 …

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs