memeorandum: The Jobless Trap — F.D.R. told us that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself. (Paul Krugman/New York Times)

4:40 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.

Discussion: emptywheel, neo-neocon, Riehl World News, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, National Review and Associated Press

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: The Week, Washington Monthly and American Spectator

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.

Discussion: The Mahablog

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 …

Discussion: Business Insider, Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, msnbc.com and Telegraph

Associated Press:
Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev charged with using WMD, faces death penalty

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, bigstory.ap.org, The Huffington Post and The Hinterland Gazette

Wall Street Journal:
Enemy Combatants in Boston

Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show, Infowars, CNN, TheBlaze.com and The Raw Story

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House: Dzhokar Tsarnaev not ‘an enemy combatant’

Discussion: Reuters, PJ Media, CBS News, Sky Dancing and Daily Kos

Wall Street Journal:
Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home

Discussion: Wired, New York Times, Daily Mail, Business Insider, National Review, The Dish, Hot Air, Gawker and RT

John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Republican Lawmaker — And Former FBI Agent — Defends Bureau's Handling Of Boston Bombing

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Riehl World News

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
White House: Boston suspect will not be treated as combatant

Discussion: Reuters and The Hill

New York Times:
Investigators Dig for Roots of Bomb Suspects' Radicalization

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The United States Department of Justice:

Suspect in Boston Marathon Attack Charged with Using a Weapon of Mass Destruction — Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Cambridge, Mass., has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property …

Discussion: Washington Post, Connecting.the.Dots, The Week, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, BBC, Lawfare and Gothamist

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Unsealed Complaint and Affidavit - U.S. v Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Criminal charges were filed against Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. — While news reports indicate the Complaint and supporting Affidavit are sealed — a Magistrate Judge just granted a request to unseal those documents.

Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler

New York Times:
Bomb Suspect Is Charged and Will Be Tried in Civilian Court

Discussion: The Hill, The Lede, Taking Note and The Dish

Associated Press:
Boston Marathon bombing suspect is charged in hospital

Discussion: The Political Carnival and The Moderate Voice

Boston Globe:
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, bombing suspect, charged in a sealed complaint in federal court

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, msnbc.com, The Verge and New York Times

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

Discussion: Shakesville, msnbc.com and The Democratic Daily

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rubio: Immigration bill should take Boston attack into account

Discussion: CNN and Hot Air

Greg Weston / CBC News:

Alleged terror plot thwarted by arrests in Ontario, Quebec — RCMP to outline joint operation involving CSIS, U.S. authorities and local police at 3:30 ET — Canadian police and intelligence agencies will announce later today they have thwarted a plot to carry out a major terrorist attack …

Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Blazing Cat Fur

Reuters:
Canada to announce arrests after thwarting ‘major terrorist attack’ - CBC

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

Greg Weston / CBC News:
Alleged terror plot targeting Via train thwarted

Discussion: The Raw Story

Stewart Bell / National Post:
Two suspects in custody over alleged Canadian terror plot

Discussion: Jihad Watch

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 …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Colorlines, Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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).

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette

Talking Points Memo:
‘I Never Said That!’: Chuck Grassley And Chuck Schumer Argue Over Boston

Discussion: msnbc.com and Business Insider

Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:

BECK BREAKS EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION ON SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN BOSTON BOMBINGS — Editor's Note: We'll be discussing this story and all the day's news during our live BlazeCast at 12pm ET...including your questions, comments & live chat: — Background points:

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Right Wing Watch, Israel Matzav and Atlas Shrugs

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

Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
EXCLUSIVE: KEY CONGRESSMEN REQUEST CLASSIFIED BRIEFING ON SAUDI ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ IN BOSTON BOMBING

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Wonkette

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Colbert Busch expands lead — PPP's newest poll on the special election in South Carolina finds Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch expanding her lead to 9 points over Mark Sanford at 50/41. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt polls at 3%. — Colbert Busch's lead is on the rise for several reasons.

Discussion: Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway

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: Washington Monthly, National Review, naked capitalism and The Moderate Voice

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Report: Bomb suspects' carjack victim spared because he wasn't American — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon's finish line told the man they carjacked on Thursday night that they only decided not to kill him because he “wasn't an American,” according to a report Monday.

Discussion: National Review

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Reuters fires Matthew Keys — Matthew Keys — who is currently facing charges that he conspired to help members of the hacker group Anonymous gain access to the Tribune Co.'s computer system — has been fired by Reuters, effective immediately. — Keys, who was Reuters' deputy social media editor …

Discussion: The Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

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