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philip964 wrote:http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/0 ... story.html

Fifth suspect arrested. Tried to cover up his involvement with the bombers, deleted items from his computer showing he supported their views. Had dinner with them the night of the bombing. Lied to investigators. Told friends that the bombing was justified.

What "involvement?" Supporting radical views isn't illegal. Having dinner with someone who subsequently performs a criminal act isn't illegal. Nor is having dinner with someone who performed a criminal act you don't know about....and the Feds are not charging him with prior knowledge or complicity. Telling friends he thinks the killing was justified may be abhorrent, but expressing abhorrent opinions isn't illegal either. Lying to investigators...yeah, illegal, but doesn't of itself suggest complicity, and it shouldn't be illegal. That's the bovine excrement charge they hit Martha Stewart with when they knew they couldn't make the insider trading charge stick. It's common practice now for the Feds to indict someone on trumped up charges, get a big publicity splash, then two or three years down the road drop all the charges but "lying" to get a "win," or the person is acquitted. This smells like another phoney "terrorism" arrest based on a bunch of trumped up charges that will likely end in acquittal, as have about 99% of the other phony stings and trumped up charges.

Just in case you missed it, here's what the article says:

But Matanov is not charged with participating in the bombings or knowing about them ahead of time, federal prosecutors said in a statement. And the indictment alleges that Matanov did not realize the brothers were the bombing suspects until April 18, when the FBI publicly released pictures of them.

So, it boils down to he was friends with the bombers, and when he found that out, he tried to hide this fact. So, essentially, he's being prosecuted for knowing people who committed a heinous crime. Hog hooey.

philip964 wrote:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/ ... M720130501

3 more suspects arrested.

Excellent job law enforcement. Get them all.

Get all of what?

The third person taken into custody on Wednesday was a U.S. citizen, and all three were being investigated for actions taken after the bombings, the U.S. law enforcement source said.

A U.S. law enforcement source said that two of the suspects taken into custody on Wednesday include classmates of the younger brother at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth. They are being held by immigration officials for violating the terms of their visas. The source said they are likely to face charges related to obstruction of justice and with making false statements to investigators.

Rex B wrote:The facts they are a-changing... (from salon.com)

Suspects’ arms – .... Now unnamed sources say there was only a single 9mm pistol between the two brothers.

Boat gunfight? – .... As it turns out, police may have been spooked by an errant shot, and fired into the boat, but apparently zero shots came out.

Full article here: http://www.salon.com/2013/04/25/the_cha ... stigation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And now we're hearing he was found 400 yards from where he abandoned his car.

philip964 wrote:MA Governor shuts down probe of government assistance provided to bombers. Apparently they don't want to find out if Obama phones were used in the bombing device.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/lo ... v_brothers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And why would the United States allow the Mom back in the United States after the statements she has made.

Nice to see the local Boston paper leading the charge here to find out the facts, regardless of who it makes look bad.

Why wouldn't you just say "no" ---didn't have an Obamaphone, unless he had one? The response suggests that all the answers that should be "no" are really "yes." Sort of reminds me of the British saying that you can't know if something is true until it has been officially denied.

Dave2 wrote:

VMI77 wrote:The authorities [...] confiscated guns.

Eh? What's this?

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=219969

It doesn't stop there. Oh no, by effectively occupying a part of the Boston metro area they made an utter mockery of the 4th Amendment. There was no "hot pursuit" and thus no argument available to them allowing searches of private property without consent or a warrant. Not only did they search without a warrant there were multiple reports through the day of seizure of firearms, among other things.

After all the billions spent and all the freedom lost the conduct of the authorities in this case is pathetic. The FBI admits this guy was known to be a potential terrorist, and it took the A WEEK to catch on, AFTER someone injured told them? The authorities locked down a city, due to one 19 year old, like we live in a police state, searched homes without warrant, and confiscated guns. And the "citizens" of Boston applaud the incompetence and the complete disregard of the Constitution. America is over.

Fangs wrote:I believe there are people on this board who are much more capable than I am of verifying/debunking these claims:

http://www.naturalnews.com/039977_The_C ... ctors.html

I'm really curious about your thoughts on this. Haven't seen anything on CNN about these guys.

I don't know anything about "The Craft." However, I find it entirely plausible that there were military personnel or ex-military contractors there. What I'm going to have a hard time believing is that people like ex Navy Seals are going to have anything to do with staging a false-flag event or killing innocent Americans. Maybe it sounds corny, but people in Special Forces are true warriors with the true warrior spirit and true warriors don't murder innocent civilians, especially their own countrymen.

The Annoyed Man wrote:2nd Ricin laced letter mailed to Obama: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... politics_p

Who is dumb enough to think that The President opens his own mail? It seems like if you could make Ricin you'd be smart enough to know that it's not in any way going to affect Obama to mail him a Ricin laced letter. The same for Congress.

G26ster wrote:Fox news just reported suspect arrested - due in court soon.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/17/fb ... wide-open/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I still remember Richard Jewell and the attorney they accused of being involved in the terrorist attack in Madrid, so I'm not holding my breath.

Edited to add:

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/bo ... ?hpt=hp_t2

There is conflicting information as to whether someone has been arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings. A federal law enforcement source told CNN's Fran Townsend that someone was arrested. But later, two senior administration officials and another federal official told Townsend that there had been a misunderstanding among officials and that no one has been arrested.

mamabearCali wrote:What I don't get is how this admin says "this was an isolated incident no national threat" and at the same times says the case is wide open and they have no idea who did it. If you don't know you don't know.

I swear they are in unicorn and rainbow land at the White house.

On a site where photo analysis is posted I saw a screen capture of an anonymous post from someone claiming to be in law enforcement. It's probably nonsense, someone trying to give their own claims an aura of authority, but not entirely implausible. He said there would be a suspect arrested on Friday, he'd be in his teens or early 20s, that a search of his residence would turn up an affiliation with the NRA, he would have guns, gun powder and reloading components, and that subsequently a Bill would be quickly introduced to limit or ban sales of gunpowder and to limit sales of ammunition.

Whatever the credibility of the post, I don't at all doubt that if gunpowder is determined to be the explosive substance used in the bomb, that the liberals will use it as pretext to ban reloading and limit ammo sales.

Edited to add:

http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/a-warni ... xplosions/

Guns America says the above claim comes from a Bloomberg shill. Won't be long before we know for sure.

george wrote:The smartest thing they did was kill all cell phone transmissions immediately after the initial blasts.

But they didn't...

http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/16/cellu ... d-not-shut

The AP's initial report came from an anonymous law enforcement official, citing an intelligence briefing that supposedly outlined the service shutdown. The FCC later told ABC News it was not aware of any cellular shutdowns, and the news outlet confirmed the same with Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon. (T-Mobile had a similar message for VentureBeat.)