memeorandum: Police: Boston suspects planned to attack New York (bigstory.ap.org)

6:15 PM ET, April 25, 2013

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Megyn Kelly / Fox News:

Tamerlan Tsarnaev vowed to die for Islam; judge may have prematurely stopped brother's interrogation, sources say — EXCLUSIVE: The mother of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev knew as early as 2011 that her son had been radicalized and sent text messages to family in Russia suggesting …

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Jonathon M. Seidl / TheBlaze.com:

MEGYN KELLY'S SURPRISE REVELATION: FBI WAS ‘SHOCKED’ TO SEE JUDGE ‘WALTZ’ IN AND GIVE SUSPECT MIRANDA RIGHTS — Regular viewers of Fox News are used to seeing popular host Megyn Kelly on their televisions every afternoon, but on Thursday morning Kelly made a special appearance during the morning …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers

Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:

Feds Further Investigating Role of Bomber's Wife — Law enforcement officials are carefully reexamining any possible role that Katherine Russell Tsarnaeva, the wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, played in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, according to three federal officials with knowledge of the investigation.

Discussion: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller

Greg Miller / Washington Post:

CIA pushed to add Boston bomber to terror watch list — The CIA pushed to have one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers placed on a U.S. counterterrorism watch list more than a year before the attacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday. — Russian authorities contacted the CIA in the fall …

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Fox News:

Boston Marathon bombers' next target was Times Square, says Bloomberg — WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line killed three people and wounded at least 176 on April 15, 2013. Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19, has been charged in the attack.

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Wall Street Journal:

Judge Made Miranda-Rights Call in Boston Bombing Case — FBI Wanted to Question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Further Under Public-Safety Exception — A federal judge made the call to advise the Boston bombing suspect of his Miranda rights, even though investigators apparently still wanted to question …

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bigstory.ap.org:
Police: Boston suspects planned to attack New York

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Boston Herald:
Patrick administration refuses to release Tsarnaev brothers' records

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The Boston Globe:
2 separate watch lists named Boston suspect

Discussion: The Week

New York Times:
Officer's Killing Spurred Pursuit in Boston Attack

Discussion: Guardian, Business Insider, Washington Post, CANNONFIRE and CBS News

Washington Post: Is the FBI focused enough on the real bad guys?

U.S. News:
Officials: Boston suspects discussed second attack in Times Square

Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

bigstory.ap.org:
Officials: Suspect described plot before Miranda

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Hot Air

Noah Shachtman / Wired:

Syrian Blood Tests Positive for Sarin Gas, U.S. Spies Say — The U.S. intelligence community has uncovered strong evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria. Several blood samples, taken from multiple people, have tested positive for the nerve agent sarin, an American intelligence source tells Danger Room.

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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:

Hagel: Syria likely used chemical weapons — ABU DHABI — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the intelligence community believes the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its people. — The intelligence community, Hagel said, has determined with “varying degrees of confidence” …

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Reuters:
Some lawmakers told last week about Syria, sarin

Discussion: American Prospect, Washington Post, Politico and Daily Kos

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
McCain: White House looking for excuses not to intervene in Syria

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and National Review

Michael Pearson / CNN:
U.S.: Intelligence points to small-scale use of sarin in Syria

Discussion: FP Passport, Weasel Zippers and New York Times

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
US believes Syria used chemical weapons, risks Obama's ‘red line’

Discussion: Politico

Associated Press:

Barbara Bush on Jeb run: 'We've had enough Bushes' — WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library Thursday, former first lady Barbara Bush brushed aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House in 2016.

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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama uses Bush library dedication ceremony to push immigration reform

Discussion: CNN

USA Today:
Five living presidents toast new Bush library

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Guardian, Gawker and The Hill

First Read:
First Thoughts: Re-examining Bush

Discussion: New York Magazine, ThinkProgress and Politico

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
History Usually Kinder to Ex-Presidents

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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

No, Congress isn't trying to exempt itself from Obamacare — There's a Politico story making the rounds that says that members of Congress are engaged in secret, sensitive negotiations to exempt themselves and their staffs from Obamacare. — Well, they were secret, anyway.

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Politico:

Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption — Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.

David Corn / Mother Jones:

Secret Tape: Top GOP Consultant Luntz Calls Limbaugh “Problematic” — At a talk to college students, Republican pollster Frank Luntz would only chastise Rush Limbaugh and right-wing radio off the record. — Frank Luntz, the media-friendly Republican consultant and word wiz …

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Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:

Body found in river confirmed as Sunil Tripathi - missing student wrongly linked to Boston marathon bombing — Officials in Rhode Island have confirmed that the body of a man that was found in a river running through the city of Providence is that of a student mistakenly linked with the Boston bombings last week.

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Maria Armental / The Providence Journal:
Body pulled from water in Providence ID'd as missing Brown student

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Brittny Mejia / Arizona Daily Wildcat:

‘You Deserve Rape’ sign causes controversy on UA campus — A student holding a sign that read “You deserve rape” ignited outrage across campus Tuesday, on the same day of a sexual assault awareness event, but administrators declined requests to remove him or his sign.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Wonkette and The Raw Story

Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:

Mom wore a burka to go undercover in Egypt and take back her son, 12, who was kidnapped by his father and forced to live as a Muslim — A mother dressed up in a burka and flew to Egypt to take back her son who had been kidnapped by his father and forced to live as a Muslim.

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