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Boston Bombings 2013 April by Al Mac
Boston Bombings 2013 April by Al Mac
Boston Bombings 2013 April by Al Mac
Boston Bombed
Al Mac notes on what we may know so far.
Table of Contents: Boston Bombings 2013 April (3 Apr 22) ........................................................................... 4 Marathon Winners (3 Apr 19 C)................................................................................. 5 Helping victims (3 Apr 22 B) ......................................................................................... 5 People seeking family members (3 Apr 16) ............................................................... 5 Victims needing assistance (3 Apr 20) ....................................................................... 5 Charities (3 Apr 26) .................................................................................................... 6 Protect yourself and family (3 Apr 21 B) ................................................................... 8 Maps (3 Apr 22).............................................................................................................. 8 Boston Demographics (3 Apr 20) ............................................................................. 10 Chechnya, Dagestan, Kyrgyzstan (3 Apr 22) ........................................................... 10 Unanswered Questions (3 Apr 25)................................................................................ 12 Answered Questions (3 Apr 22) ............................................................................... 14 Key Names (3 May 05)................................................................................................. 15 Key Names K+ (3 May 05)....................................................................................... 16 Key Names T+ (3 May 05) ....................................................................................... 17 Bauman witness (3 Apr 20) ...................................................................................... 19 Tsarnaev brothers (3 Apr 22).................................................................................... 19 Official Update Links (3 May 05) ................................................................................ 20 Picture of final suspect (3 Apr 20) ............................................................................ 22 Police seek tips (3 Apr 22)........................................................................................ 23 Scanning Police Calls (3 Apr 19).............................................................................. 25 Time Line - Latest (3 May 05)...................................................................................... 25 May-1 Tsarnaev friends arrested (3 May 5) ............................................................. 25 Apr 22 Medical Updates (3 Apr 24) ...................................................................... 27 Apr 22 Suspect Charged (3 Apr 22 C)................................................................... 27 Apr 21 Sunday - Investigation Continues (3 May 04) .............................................. 28 Apr 21 Boston plan to re-open Copley Square (3 Apr 22 B) ................................... 29 Apr 20 Sat (3 Apr 22 B)............................................................................................ 31 Apr 20 Boston gov to people of impact zone (3 Apr 22 B) ...................................... 31 Apr 19 Fri Suspect Captured (3 Apr 22 C) ............................................................... 32 Apr 19 Fri wee hours to morning (3 May 05)........................................................... 33 Apr 19 wee hours chases and battles (3 Apr 21) ...................................................... 34 Apr 18-19 nite national TV news confusion (3 Apr 21) ........................................ 35 Apr 18-19 Car jack victim story (3 Apr 22 C).......................................................... 35 1 Boston Bombed / Ricin to Washington DC / Nat Sec
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April 18 Thu nite MIT; Cambridge car jacking (3 Apr 23) ................................... 36 April 18 10+pm Dzhokhar friends loot to Bedford apt (3 May 04).......................... 37 April 18 6+pm Dzhokhar friends visit his dorm room (3 May 04) .......................... 37 April 18 Dzhokhar friends communications (3 May 04).......................................... 38 2013 Apr 17 afternoon (3 May 04) ........................................................................... 39 April 17 Wed day-3 (3 May 04) ............................................................................... 39 April 16 the day after (Apr 19 B).............................................................................. 40 Late nite Apr 15-16 (3 Apr 19 C) ............................................................................. 41 Five hours after blasts (3 Apr 21) ............................................................................. 43 Two hours after blasts (3 Apr 19 C) ......................................................................... 44 Witness survives to identify one bomber (3 Apr 18 B) ............................................ 45 Smoking Gun video evidence (3 May 04) ................................................................ 45 Time Line prior to any known trouble (3 May 05) ................................................... 46 What could have been done differently to avoid this? (3 May 11)............................... 47 Making sense of Dots of Data (3 May 10)................................................................ 49 The Russians what could they know and share? (3 May 10)................................. 50 History of similar earlier attacks (3 Apr 19) ............................................................. 50 Biography known now about Suspects (3 Apr 22 C) ................................................... 51 Apr-19 Tamerlan Tsarnaev killed (3 Apr 22) ........................................................... 52 Apr-15 Boston Bombed (3 Apr 22 C)....................................................................... 53 2011 Dzhokhar & Tamerlan into US academia (3 May 05) ..................................... 54 2002-2007 Tsarnaev family comes to America (3 Apr 22) ...................................... 55 Boston News Media (3 Apr 19 B) .................................................................................... 55 Boston Globe (3 Apr 19 B)....................................................................................... 56 Boston Herald (3 Apr 19 B)...................................................................................... 56 Boston Hospitals (3 Apr 22) ............................................................................................. 56 Medical Details (3 Apr 17) ....................................................................................... 57 Investigation Expectations (3 Apr 19) .............................................................................. 58 Process expected (3 Apr 16 B).................................................................................. 60 Clues (3 Apr 18 B).................................................................................................... 60 Bomb Design (3 Apr 22 C)........................................................................................... 62 Pressure cooker explosive reports (3 Apr 18 B) ....................................................... 63 Internet use by friend and foe (3 Apr 18 B).............................................................. 65 Pressure cooker explosive history (3 Apr 18)........................................................... 65 Fact Checking Threads (3 Apr 17).................................................................................... 66 Bad misinformation from news media (3 Apr 19).................................................... 67 Black Powder (3 May 05) ......................................................................................... 67 Bombing Scale (3 Apr 16) ........................................................................................ 68 Cell Networks (3 April 16 B).................................................................................... 68 China reacts to Boston Bombing (3 Apr 18 B)......................................................... 68 Conspiracy Theories (3 Apr 24) ............................................................................... 69 Crimes to charge the culprit (3 Apr 22 B) ................................................................ 71 CSI is Science Fiction (3 April 16 B) ....................................................................... 72 Drones (3 Apr 19) ..................................................................................................... 73 Fireball (3 Apr 16) .................................................................................................... 73 Global Problem (3 May 01) ...................................................................................... 73 2 Boston Bombed / Ricin to Washington DC / Nat Sec
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Flash Crash Stock Market (3 Apr 24) ....................................................................... 73 Internet Hoaxes (3 Apr 23) ....................................................................................... 78 JFK Library (3 Apr 16) ............................................................................................. 78 Laptop (3 May 04) .................................................................................................... 78 New York July 4 Plan (3 May 05) ............................................................................ 79 Perfect Crime (3 Apr 23) .......................................................................................... 80 Photos of Bombing Victims (3 Apr 19 C) ................................................................ 82 Responsibility Denied (3 Apr 22 B) ......................................................................... 83 Ricin Count (3 May 05) ............................................................................................ 83 Ricin to President Obama (3 Apr 17) ....................................................................... 84 Ricin to Judge Sadie Holland of Lee County Mississippi (3 May 05) ..................... 84 Ricin to Senator Wicker (3 May 05)......................................................................... 85 Ricin or what to Michigan Levin (3 Apr 17) ............................................................ 86 Saudi Student (3 Apr 16 B)....................................................................................... 86 Secondary devices (3 Apr 16 B) ............................................................................... 86 Senate Suspicious Packages (3 Apr 17).................................................................... 87 Syria (3 Apr 22 C)..................................................................................................... 87 Terror definition (3 Apr 16)...................................................................................... 88 Terrorista License Plate (3 May 05) ......................................................................... 88 Time Travelling News Media (3 Apr 18 B).............................................................. 88 Watch vs. Warning (3 May 01)................................................................................. 89 To FBI from Al Mac (3 Apr 18) ................................................................................... 89 To FBI from me II installment (3 Apr 18) ................................................................ 90 To FBI from me I installment (3 Apr 18) ................................................................. 91 Synopsis known day-5 Apr-19 (3 Apr 19).................................................................... 92 Synopsis known day-4 Apr-18 (3 Apr 18).................................................................... 93 Synopsis known third day Apr-17 (3 Apr 20) .............................................................. 93 Synopsis known second day Apr-16 (3 Apr 16) ........................................................... 93 Media claims evolve days 1-2 (3 Apr 16)................................................................. 94 Synopsis known day one Apr-15 beginning (3 Apr 16) ............................................... 95 What Happened? (3 Apr 16 B) ................................................................................. 95 Immediate day-1 Rumors (3 Apr 16)........................................................................ 97 Official Sources Detail info (3 Apr 22 B)......................................................................... 97 Official sources Apr-29 (3 May 05).............................................................................. 98 Official sources day-8 Apr-22 (3 Apr 22 B) ................................................................. 98 Boston Incidents (Police Updated 4/22 8:25AM)..................................................... 98 FEMA Apr-22 (3 Apr 22 B) ..................................................................................... 99 Official sources day-6 Apr-20 (3 Apr 20)................................................................... 100 Boston Incidents (Police Updated 4/20 10:25 AM)................................................ 100 FEMA Apr-20 (3 Apr 22 C) ................................................................................... 100 Official sources day-5 Apr-19 (3 Apr 19)................................................................... 101 Boston Incidents (Police Updated 4/19 2:35PM) ................................................... 101 FEMA Apr-19 (3 Apr 22 C) ................................................................................... 102 Official sources day-4 Apr-18 (3 Apr 18)................................................................... 104 FEMA April 18 info (3 Apr 22 B) .......................................................................... 106 Official sources day three Apr-17 (3 Apr 17) ............................................................. 107 3 Boston Bombed / Ricin to Washington DC / Nat Sec
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Boston Incident Update (Police Updated 4/16 10:00AM)...................................... 110 FEMA April 17 info (3 Apr 22 B) .......................................................................... 111 Official sources day two (3 Apr 16) ........................................................................... 112 FEMA April 16 info (3 Apr 16).............................................................................. 113 Unofficial Sources (3 Apr 22)......................................................................................... 115 Media sources Apr-20 day-6 (3 Apr 22)................................................................. 115 Media sources Apr-19 day-5 (3 Apr 22)................................................................. 115 Media sources Apr-18 day-4 (3 Apr 22)................................................................. 117 Media sources Apr-17 day-3 (3 Apr 20)................................................................. 117 Media sources Apr-16 day-2 (3 Apr 18)................................................................. 117 Media sources Apr-15 day-1 (3 Apr 15)................................................................. 119 Immediately before event discovery (3 Apr 15) ............................................................. 120 Pakistan Latest (3 Apr 15) ...................................................................................... 121 Fears (3 Apr 15) ...................................................................................................... 122 Revision notes (3 May 10) .............................................................................................. 123 Chapter header parentheses (3 Apr 16)................................................................... 124 Footnotes in Brackets (3 Apr 18)............................................................................ 124 What I need to do soon, with this doc (3 Apr 22)....................................................... 125 Version sizes (3 May 11) ............................................................................................ 125
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon http://www.baa.org/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-facts/ http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/three-dead-over-100-injured-in-boston-marathon-blasts-5407558 The Boston Marathon has been held annually since 1897. It typically attracts an estimated half-million spectators. This year it had:
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26,839 runners and wheelchair racers registered. Of them, 15,233 are men, and 11,606 are women. There are participants from 56 U.S. states and territories. 74 countries of residence and 96 countries of citizenship are represented.
Patriot's Day (or Patriots' Day) commemorates the actions of Paul Revere, and the battles of Lexington and Concord, which were fought near Boston in 1775. Patriot's Day is annually held on the third Monday of April. It should not be confused with Patriot Day, held on September 11 to mark the anniversary of terrorist attacks in the USA in 2001. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/patriots-day http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/15/patriots-day-marathon/2086019/ 3 Massachusetts is the only USA state which has this as a holiday. Although that might change, because of this event.
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been chaotic regarding how close to the end in both physical location, and time. Here are Al Mac notes on what we have learned so far. I have intermittently rearranged my chapters, as the focus has evolved from: Initial info learned after Boston Marathon Bombings. News media demonstrates great unreliability covering story accurately. Authorities ask for specific help from the public. Suspects identified. Lockdown during confusing war zone as suspects fight the police. Suspects no longer at large. One dead. One captured. What next? Dont forget the victims. They will need serious help. Boston Marathon 2014 to be largest in history, demonstrating unwillingness to let terrorists rule our lives. Can anything be learned from each crisis, to help mitigate the next?
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FBI Victim Assistance Call Center at 1-800-331-0075 to provide their information. Victims will be put in contact with the FBI Office for Victim Assistance.7 Electronic Versions of Key Resources: Coping After Terrorism for Injured Survivors | (pdf) Practical Ideas for Coping with Trauma Help for Victims of Crime Brochure | (pdf)
For Children:
Children and Youth-SAMHSA Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series Installment Parent Tips for Helping Preschool-Age Children After Disasters (pdf) Parent Tips for Helping School-Age Children After Disasters (pdf) Tips for Parents on Media Coverage (pdf) After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (pdf) Talking to Children About the Bombings (pdf) Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth After the Bombings (pdf)
Additional Resources:
Massachusetts Crimes Compensation Massachusetts Attorney Generals Office Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance
https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/victim_assistance/seeking-victim-information/assistance-for-victimsof-the-boston-marathon-bombings 8 Red Cross Disaster Relief donations: https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002 Red Cross blood donations: http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood
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Red Cross and give them a check, sometimes buy one of their first aid kits, so I have latest stuff in trunk of car. During the Haiti disaster, I published a guide in installments, regarding the sorry state of criminal charities getting tons of funds from the general public, and real charities doing a shoddy job. With respect to Boston, people might want to review the following installments: Accountability Part III-A: USA Donors must Invest Wisely in Responsible Organizations introduction to part III, where part I defined Accountability and where it is lacking, and part II was on organizations which try to help charities improve their state of art. Part III is on distinguishing between legitimate representatives of legitimate charities, and the various different kinds of crooks who want our money, but not for a good cause. 9 III-B donating to charities with a paper trail to prove what they are doing, 10 with help from: charities listed by IRS and where they are allegedly incorporated; with their records shared with rating agencies, so donors know they have not cooked their books. Accountability Part III-C: USA Charity Watch Rating Crooks Fraud Abuse for Wise Giving11 including: the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) hosts Charity Watch,12 a charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions; the Better Business Bureau has a Wise Giving Alliance to help donors make informed giving decisions;13 III-D USA Charity Rating Info Navigation,14 including: Charity Navigator;15 Charity Rater;16 and USA FBI list of common scams.17 III-E USA Good Intentions18 via Guide Star.19
The victims of these disasters may have had medical insurance, but it probably is not enough for the horrific harm they have sustained, the years of mental health care they will need, learning how to function with artificial limbs, harm to their career possibilities. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino announced the formation of The One Fund Boston, Inc. to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred in Boston on April 15, 2013.20
http://haitirewired.wired.com/group/scientistforhaiti/forum/topics/accountability-part-iiia-usa http://haitirewired.wired.com/group/scientistforhaiti/forum/topics/accountability-part-iiib-usa 11 http://haitirewired.wired.com/group/scientistforhaiti/forum/topics/accountability-part-iiic-usa 12 http://www.charitywatch.org/ 13 https://www.bbb.org/us/charity/ 14 http://haitirewired.wired.com/group/scientistforhaiti/forum/topics/accountability-part-iiid-usa 15 https://www.charitynavigator.org/ 16 http://goodintents.org/the-charity-rater 17 https://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/e-scams/e-scams 18 http://haitirewired.wired.com/group/scientistforhaiti/forum/topics/accountability-part-iiie-usa 19 https://www.guidestar.org/ 20 http://onefundboston.org/
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To send a check by snail mail: One Fund Boston, Inc. 800 Boylston Street #990009 Boston, MA 02199 Adidas is selling Boston T-Shirts, where proceeds will go to support One Fund Boston.21 Heres info on crowd funding.22
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Wikipedia has maps and charts showing:26 Finish point of Marathon; Locations of explosions; Photos of explosions aftermath; Photo of what was left by one of the bombs; Photo of a press conference; Photo of a suspect; Locations in the police chase and eventual capture of the suspects. Here, CNN has maps showing:27 Finish point of Marathon; Locations of explosions; Locations in the police chase and eventual capture of the suspects. Here Boston Globe has a map showing: the finish point of the Marathon; aerial photos showing key locations such as the medical tent converted from treating exhausted runners, to helping victims of the explosions.28 The first explosion was closer to the finish line than the second. Also what hotels were evacuated soon after the explosions. Here is a graphic showing the buildings around the explosion sites.29 Here is perimeter of crime scenes blocked off, and where they are relative to larger Boston area.30 This Boston Police map shows perimeter of crime scenes blocked off. 31 Marathon Incident Map: Later crime scene perimeter [link], from the police on April-19, not working for Al Mac This Wall Street Journal article has a map showing the approximate location of the explosions.32 Wikipedia article includes map of locations of both explosions.33 Video of both events have nailed down a lot of info which was initially missing from the news media, or chaotically described. Map showing multiple relevant locations.34
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During the evening of Apr 18-19 the suspects had a series of skirmishes with the police, with retail businesses, car jacking, throwing explosives, shoot outs, and lots more, which the national news media did a totally shoddy job of trying to report. The BBC has a map of where some of this was happening.35 The Bostonglobe.com has a map, which they update as they get new info, showing events in this war between the suspects and not only the police, but anyone they encounter in the Boston area.36 FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Tuesday, April 16, 2013
See the chapter Official sources day two on FEMA. Page 4 of the PDF has a map with multiple relevant locations.
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According to Wikipedia: the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria currently has a population of just over 1 million people. It is located in the Caucasus region of Russia. Geographically, it borders:
Internal: o Republic of Dagestan (NE) o Republic of Ingushetia (W) o Republic of North OssetiaAlania (W) o Stavropol Krai (NW) Foreign: o Georgia (S)
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was split into two: the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic. The latter proclaimed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which sought independence. Following the First Chechen War with Russia, Chechnya gained de facto independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Russian federal control was restored during the Second Chechen War. Since then there has been a systematic reconstruction and rebuilding process, though sporadic fighting continues in the mountains and southern regions of the republic. 38 Lawfare provides a tutorial on resources where people can find info about Chechnya and Kyrgyzstan.39 We need to spend a few days busting our brains to get thru all of this. Dagestan is where the Tsarnev family moved, before some of them came to America. According to Wikipedia: Dagestan currently has a population of just under 3 million people. The Republic of Dagestan is a federal subject of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and the largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea. Geographically, Dagestan borders:
internal: Republic of Kalmykia (N), Chechen Republic (W), and Stavropol Krai (NW) international: Azerbaijan (S), Georgia (SW) water: Caspian Sea (E)
Kyrgyzstan is where the Tsarnev brothers were born, in 1993 and1986. According to Wikipedia, Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country located in Central Asia.40 Landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by: Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Faisal Shahzad thought he was being clever when he filed off the vehicle identification number on the dashboard of the SUV he tried to blow up in Times Square in May 2010. He didnt realize that automobiles bear VINs in multiple hard-to-reach locations and was arrested two days later.43
In the drone discussion list,44 someone asked: If anyone has seen a single thing that might have prevented this other than a police state or better foreign policy, I'd love to know! ::) According to national news media, there were police dogs sniffing for explosives in the area, THEN these boys came along and planted the bombs. Was it pure luck on their part, did they know something about the police schedule, or is this another bogus story? According to the USAF ethics blog, terrorists have attacked seven marathons since 1994. Have marathon organizers learned all that they can from these past attacks, to improve their own security? The news media does not seem to be focused on some threads, such as this effort to make sure there would be no dirty bomb at the Boston Marathon. Why is the national news media incapable of accurately covering breaking news stories? MA does not have the Death Penalty. The last time anyone got it in a Federal civilian trial was in the Ok City bombing case. Should this culprit be sent to Gitmo?45 Why did these boys not assimilate into American culture? 46 They were legal immigrants, they became US citizens. Why release the owner of the car you jacked?47 Did you know that persons cell phone was in the car, could be tracked by the police, once the victim called them, and supplied details like make and license plate of his vehicle? If the allegations against the Tsarnaevs are true, they were obviously quite willing to kill in cold blood. The owner of the Mercedes no longer served any use to them. Whats more, he knew exactly who they were: The Tsarnaevs had reportedly identified themselves as the marathon bombers. For how long does the Public Safety Exception to Miranda function? Did the Watertown police set a new precedent of searching peoples homes, apparently without any warrant, trying to find the mad bomber?48 Was there a bomb drill on the date of the attack?49 simple Yes or No, then if yes, provide some details.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM What are the statistics on marathons taking appropriate preventative measures, such as sniffing for explosives, scanning for radiation, x-raying baggage?50 There are people who think it suspicious that this marathon had preventative measures which failed, and they had not noticed them at others.
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I believe radicals are generally not from families with good religious education, but those who grow up outside organized religion, then get distorted information from converts.
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Davis, Ed = Boston Police Commissioner. Deschanel, Zooey = falsely identified by Fox, as Boston Marathon Bomber suspect.57 DesLauriers, Richard = Special agent in charge of the Boston FBI field office. Deveau, Edward = Watertown Police Chief.58 Gupta, Dr Sanjay = CNN Chief Medical Correspondent I trust him on medical matters, far more than I trust the mob of talking heads on TV who have no medical credentials.
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Lngz , L = a female Chinese national and Boston University graduate student from Shenyang, Liaoning who was watching the race, who was watching the race with two friends near the finish line, when she got killed. 60 The student's name was not immediately released, pending the family's permission, according to the website of BU. 61 Menino, Tom = Boston Mayor. Patrick, Deval = Governor of Massachusetts. Phillipos, Robel -- one of Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs 3 friends who get arrested for var ious charges other than the bombing. See time line entries May-1 back to April-18. "Resilience" meaning includes a refusal to be terrorized by attacks like these. 62 Richard, Martin = 8 year old boy, waiting at finish line, one of those who got killed. The boy was watching the race, with his father mother sister and older brother. The mother and sister are still in the hospital.63 Saratova, Kheda, a human rights activist, working with the family of the accused Boston Bombers. 64
Risks and
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Tsarnaev, Anzor = father of the two suspects. He claims his boys could not possibly have done this. It is like Science Fiction, he says. Maybe they were setup. Other relatives have similar things to say.67 This is typical in most criminal cases, and some terrorism cases. Friends and family are in denial that this person could possibly have done what they were accused of. We are seeing the opposite reality on PBS where the Central Park Five were convicted of something horrible, where the authorities had DNA evidence someone else was guilty. The families told the children, aged 14 & up, to cooperate with the authorities, without benefit of legal counsel during questioning. However, their alibi was that they were assaulting someone else at a different location. Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar A, age 19 (Russian: ) = the white hat suspect.68 The authorities have him in custody, but he is seriously injured and hospitalized. His nickname is Jahar.69 The FBI had a poster describing the vehicle he was believed to have been driving, but the vehicle has now been located.70 Dzhokar Tsarnaev had worked as a lifeguard at a pool at Harvard University, said George McMasters, who hired him about two and a half years ago. 71
Tsarnaev, Katherine Russell was married to Tamerlan Tsarnaev who died due to the Boston Marathon Bombing and subsequent pursuit of the suspects. 72 Tsarnaev Tamerlan, age 26 (Russian: ) = the black hat suspect. He died during a police shootout early Friday April 19.73 Two law enforcement officials familiar with the case said Tsarnaev ran over his own brother, who had been shot by police, as he fled police in Watertown. 74
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM A source briefed on the investigation said Tsarnaev was wearing explosives and an explosive trigger when his body was recovered.
Tsarni, Ruslan is an uncle to the Tsarnaev brothers. He had a falling out with Tamerlan in 2009, when in a phone conversation Tamerlan said that he had chosen "God's business" over work or school. Tsarni said he then contacted a family friend who told him Tsarnaev had been influenced by a recent convert to Islam.75
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about the nations named, to get a possibly distorted picture. Apparently they had been like refugees, moving from Russian republic to republic, not staying at any of them very long. CNN says they were from the Russian Caucasus.79 They might as well be from Mars or Venus, given Americas poor familiarity with geography. NBC says they had lived in Turkey for a while.80 If this is true, then if they are both Muslims, then they would have been far better off remaining in Turkey, due to severe anti-Muslim sentiment in America, due to 9-11. Their acts will exacerbate that problem. Most media imply they were refugees from the Chechen conflict,81 a Republic of the Russian federation which has wanted independence, so a war had been waging between natives who can be called freedom fighters or terrorists, depending on which side is labeling them, and the Russian military. The battle had been one of the most brutal wars for independence, before Syria came along. The area is now ruled by the Kremlin, with various Chechen groups, not accepting the defeat, doing attacks against Russian targets. We are still in a time of pure speculation, but many troubled territories lead to permanent mental health damage for the victims, then they do a poor job of assimilating wherever they end up. Previously it was the children of immigrants from different cultures, who caused the most trouble, such as in Western Europe. With these boys, they arrived in America, without their parents, who remained home in Kremlin controlled territories. Many people are trying to draw parallels between the Chechen troubles and the Boston bombings. Their nationality may be coincidental. The VA Tech shooter was from South Korea. What happened after they came to America?
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM http://cityofboston.gov/oneboston http://www.cityofboston.gov/POLICE/ Boston City Press Release April-1583 Boston City letter to residents and businesses in the impacted area April-2084 Boston City plan for re-opening Copley Square, April-21.85 ALERT-Boston is the city's emergency notification system [link] MBTA: Service (including bus, train, and commuter rail) is suspended until further notice. See www.mbta.com for updates. If you are at an MBTA station please do not congregate there, return home.
Massachusetts State Government http://www.mass.gov/governor/ http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/msp/ Federal agencies working this case https://www.fbi.gov/ Criminal complaint (pdf) with April-22 charges against surviving suspect.86
I have not viewed all of the official reports, but I try to keep up on links to them. FEMA comes out with a daily report each morning around 8.30 am. FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Saturday, April 20, 2013, with info on Boston Bombings,89 Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion,90 and national weather forecasts.
President Obama, April 19, 2013 Boston Special Agent in Charge, April 19, 2013 Here is FEMA report for Friday April 19, 2013, with info on Boston Bombings,91 Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion,92 and Bird Flu in China.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM 201304019 FEMA Daily Ops Briefing_0830.pdf
Boston Special Agent in Charge, April 18, 2013 President Obama, April 18, 2013
Here is FEMA report three days after the Boston Bombings. FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Thursday, April 18, 2013, with info on Boston Bombings,93 Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion.94
FEMA on Massachusetts Explosion April 18, 2013 (1.04 am) FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Wednesday, April 17, 2013, with info relevant to the Boston Bombings.95
See chapter Official sources day two where I have extracted relevant details. Remarks by Boston Special Agent in Charge, April 16, 2013 (p.m.) Statement by Attorney General Holder, April 16, 2013 Remarks by Boston Special Agent in Charge, April 16, 2013 (a.m.) Statement by President Obama, April 16, 2013 FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Tuesday, April 16, 2013, morning after the Boston Bombings, with lots of relevant info.96
I extracted relevant details in FEMA April 19 info. My notes on this will be in the next edition shared of my US epidemic of critical infrastructure explosions. http://www.scribd.com/doc/114094060/Indy-Boom 93 I extracted relevant details in FEMA April 18 info. 94 My notes on this will be in the next edition shared of my US epidemic of critical infrastructure explosions. http://www.scribd.com/doc/114094060/Indy-Boom 95 I extracted relevant details in FEMA April 17 info. 96 I extracted relevant details in FEMA April 16 info.
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Task Force Tip Lines (for people with useful clues for authorities):
POLICE ASK FOR ANY INFORMATION 1 800-494-TIPS
617-223-6610 617-223-6612 Boston@ci.fbi.gov FBI Tip Line: 1-800-CALL-FBI FBI Website to report tips:
https://bostonmarathontips.fbi.gov/
anyone with any information, photos or video please call 1-800-225-5324, #3.
Examples of Tips, which can help the investigation:100 Video taken of the areas where the bombs went off, before they went off. Video taken, where some people, in the video now in retrospect, look suspicious. Anyone who heard or saw anything, before or after the bombing, which sounds suspicious, like it may be related to people who were planning something like this. Info about the attacks, other than what is being blasted all over the news media.
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My plan is to print out the info, take to local police station, supply my name & address, ask if they can fax it. If not, then I will snail mail it.
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A third man, Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge, was charged with willfully making materially false statements to federal law enforcement officials during a terrorism investigation. Three roommates of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been arrested on suspicion of allegedly removing some of his personal effects from their dorm room at his direction following the April 15 attack.108 None of the three is suspected of having advance knowledge of the plot or participating in the planning of the bombing. Two of the suspects are students from Kazakhstan. Two of them were taken into custody several days ago on "immigration issues" and the third was arrested today. Apparently the two arrested on "immigration issues" were in the USA on a student visa, which is good, only so long as they are still attending classes. The charges contained in the complaints are accusations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
2013 Apr 26 Law enforcement agents recover Tsarnaev's backpack at a New Bedford landfill. Inside, they find an assortment of fireworks, a jar of Vaseline, a homework assignment sheet from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and other things.109 2013 Apr 24 VP Biden attended the memorial service in Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday for Sean A. Collier, the 26-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officer, killed by the suspects, on Apr-18 nite.110 2012 Apr 23 Tuesday According to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in fair condition. The FBI is releasing this information at the request of the hospital. 111 On Apr22 the news was that he was in serious condition. 2013 Apr 22
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM 5.11 pm EDT, the FBI turned over the crime scene to the city of Boston. 112 Here is the citys five step plan to repair the damage to a major thoroughfare in the Back Bay neighborhood.113 2.50 pm EDT is one week after the bombings. A moment of silence has been requested by the Mayor of Boston, and the Governor of Massachusetts. 114 That will be followed by the ringing of bells across Boston and the commonwealth. 115
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This investigation was conducted by the FBIs Boston Division, the Boston Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, and member agencies of the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force, which is composed of more than 30 federal, state, and local enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations; U.S. Marshals Service; U.S. Secret Service; the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority; and others. In addition, the Watertown Police Department; the Cambridge Police Department; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Department; the Boston Fire Department; the National Guard; and police, fire, and emergency responders from across Massachusetts and New England played critical roles in the investigation and response.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Weinreb and Aloke Chakravarty from the Anti-Terrorism and National Security Unit of the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Massachusetts, with assistance from the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Departments National Security Division. The public is reminded that charges contained in an indictment or criminal complaint are merely allegations and that defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. There is a link here to PDF copy of the criminal complaint.121
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alone, not connected to any organization which is a continuing threat. 126 It was just them two trouble makers. However, just in case, investigators are continuing to search whether they had help or were operating in league with anyone else.127 The continuing investigation includes analyzing records from the brothers phones and computers and searching their browsing histories to find associates and witnesses and extremist-group affiliations.128 The FBI searches Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room in Pine Dale Hall, on the campus of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Among other things, they seize BB's, "a large pyrotechnic," as well as a black jacket and white hat like those worn on Marathon day by the man referred by authorities to as "Bomber Two."129 Agents also scoured the brothers credit-card records and other material seized from their apartment and car for evidence of bomb components, the backpacks used, and other evidence tying them to the bombings last Monday, and shootings later in the week.130 Davis said earlier police discovered at least four unexploded devices including one similar to the two pressure cooker bombs packed with nails and ball bearing used in the twin blasts Monday that killed three people and wounded more than 170 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.131 The two men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were armed with a small arsenal of guns, ammunition and explosives when they first confronted police early April-19, and were most likely planning more attacks, authorities said April-21.132
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Apr 21, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and members of his Emergency Management Team and Cabinet previewed plans for the re-opening of Boylston Street and the Copley Square area of Boston. The Five phase plan will commence when the scene is cleared by Federal Authorities and returned to the City of Boston. Nearly a week ago our City took a deep breath and was forced to dive into a pool of uncertainty and fear, Mayor Menino said. Friday as our officers reported to the world we got him, a huge sigh of relief was felt across our great city and nation so now it is time for us to start moving our city forward. The Mayor committed to two top priorities for the plan:
Making sure the City reopens this area as respectfully as we can for the victims, their families and all of those impacted by last weeks tragic events . Operating as quickly and seamlessly, without bureaucracy for the business owners and residents who have also been affected by the attack on our City. Read Letter from Mayor Menino & Sign Up to Receive Updates
The Citys Copley Square Re-Entry Plan is a multi-agency effort that maximizes all of the resources Manpower, Equipment and Expertise - of our city team. The Five Phase effort includes: Phase 1: Decontamination and Testing Phase 2: Structural Building Assessments and Utility Coordination Phase 3: Debris Removal Phase 4: Internal Building Assessments Phase 5: Re-Entry, Communications, and Counseling As this plan commences we will be respectful with all memorials and other personal effects left at the scene. The Boston Police Department will return personal items secured at the scene that have not been retained as evidence by the FBI. The items that are now part of a memorial to victims at the intersection of Boylston and Berkeley Streets will be temporarily relocated to Copley Square Park as will other items from other memorial sites around the area. As we respect the need for people to continue to express their support for the victims and our city we will place large message boards in the vicinity of the area to allow people to record their thoughts and reflections. As we move toward re-opening we will continue to update the public on our progress and plans.
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For more information or resources please log onto http://cityofboston.gov/oneboston or call our Mayors Hotline at 617-635-4500. Businesses affected can call or visit our Business Resource Center at the Park Plaza Hotel. Anyone with counseling needs should contact the Mayors Health Line at 617 -534-5050. Engineers are checking the structural integrity of buildings near the bombing scene before that area fully reopens.134
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As soon as we receive clearance from the FBI, the City will move quickly to ensure that the area is safe for residents and businesses to return. We will be taking steps to secure the public safety, including: 1. Ensuring that streets and sidewalks are clean of equipment and debris and are safe for pedestrians. 2. Ensuring that all buildings are structurally sound. Once we have established that these important public safety issues are resolved, we will then provide a staggered schedule for limited access for inspectors and business owners to survey their property to ascertain readiness to reopen, and for residents to return to their homes. What you can do right now: 1. Please take a moment to register by calling 617 635-4500, so that we can have the best information to reach you quickly. 2. Consider the types of services you may need from outside contractors, and begin lining up their services, for example, construction, trash removal, board-up services, provision delivery, etc. If you need help securing reliable vendors, the City will have some lists available. 3. Please monitor the news closely for updates on when the crime scene is released. In addition, information is available at the Citys web site: www.cityofboston.gov and on Twitter @NotifyBoston. We thank you for your patience as we rebuild together.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM back yard, under a tarpaulin.145 The cords securing it had been cut and there was blood near the straps.146 He lifted an edge, peeked inside, saw a bleeding wounded man inside. He backed away and called the police. 6 pm: Police lifted the curfew. The city had been on lockdown, with residents asked to remain indoors, during the manhunt for the brother who had escaped on foot, from a fire fight with the police. During the lockdown, transportation services inside the city, and with other cities (air, rail), were stopped. Police had exhausted everything which could be done to find the guy, so there was now no further point to continue the constraints on the citizenry. 147
Niagara Falls incident has been resolved. The people in the Massachusetts car are not related to the Boston bombing manhunt.148 MBTA was shut down, the police conducted a door to door search, did not find the suspect, so MBTA is now back in business. 149 What happened to Boston on April 15, happens to people every day in other nations, particularly in the Middle East and Asia.. The small town of Kafranbel in northern Syria sent condolences to the city of Boston after last Monday's bombing, with a banner reading Boston Bombings represent a sorrowful scene of what happens every day in Syria. Do accept our condolences. Pictures of this demonstration were posted on social media. Bostonians and other Americans responded with thanks of their own.150
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7.15 am: Police surround what is thought to be the Tsarnaev residence at 410 Norfolk St, in Cambridge.153 7.14 am: The police detonate a suspicious looking device at Charlesgate and Commonwealth Avenue, in Boston.154 3.50 am: The police detonate a suspicious looking device, at the intersection of Dexter and Laurel in Watertown, which they think was left behind by the enemy. 155
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a firearm and says, "Did you hear about the Boston explosion? ... I did that." He then shows the driver that his gun is loaded.169 "I am serious," the man says before forcing the victim to drive to another location where they pick up a second man. The armed man takes the driver's keys and sits in the driver's seat, while the kidnapped man moves to the passenger seat. The second man enters the back seat, and he and the driver begin talking in a foreign language. 170 They begin driving, and the man with the gun demands money. He is given $45 but wants more and demands an ATM card and password. They go to an ATM machine, where the men attempt to get money, before going to a gas station, where the captive man escapes.171
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10.24 pm: Police got the first reports of gunshots at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).177 MIT is located in Cambridge which is just across the Charles river from Boston.
April 18 6+pm Dzhokhar friends visit his dorm room (3 May 04)
6 p.m. onward: Kadyrbayev later tells investigators that, between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., he, Tazhayakov and Phillipos meet on the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth campus and go to Tsarnaev's dorm room.180
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Tazhayakov claims that it was around 9 p.m. when Kadyrbayev texted him alerting him to the "news" and their friend's possible involvement in the Boston blasts. The two meet at the New Bedford apartment they share, at which time Kadyrbayev shows Tazhayakov photos broadcast by CNN of a suspect he believes is their friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according to Tazhayakov's account to investigators.181 It's at this time, Tazhayakov later recalled, that Kadyrbayev texts Phillipos so they can all meet at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's roommate lets all three young men into the room, telling them that Tsarnaev had left a few hours earlier. Just before they go in, Tazhayakov says that Kadyrbayev showed them a text message from Tsarnaev saying, "I'm about to leave if you need something in my room take it." "When Tazhayakov learned of the message, he believed he would never see Tsarnaev alive again," a federal affidavit states. While watching a movie, the three -- Kadyrbayev, Tazhayakov and Phillipos -- spot a backpack with fireworks that have been opened and emptied of powder. Phillipos tells investigators that he noticed about seven tubular fireworks, each between six to eight inches long, in the backpack. According to Tazhayakov's account in an FBI affidavit, Kadyrbayev also finds a jar of Vaseline that he thought Dzhokhar Tsarnaev used "to make bombs." The same affidavit states that, at that time, Kadyrbayev knew Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was involved in the Marathon bombing -- an assertion that his lawyer denies. The young men take the backpack out of the dorm room, as well as Tsarnaev's laptop. 182
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Kadyrbayev later turns on the TV and notices one of the suspects resembles Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according to an FBI affidavit. Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl, later disputes that assertion -- saying his client didn't immediately recognize Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a possible bombing suspect and did not know that his friend allegedly was involved in the attack, saying "his first inkling came much later." Kadyrbayev texts Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to tell him he looks like one of the bombing suspects. His friend's response includes "LOL" -- Internet slang meaning laughing or laugh out loud -- and other things Kadyrbayev said he interprets as jokes like, "You better not text me" and "Come to my room and take whatever you want."184 2013 Apr 18, 2013 5 p.m. ET: The FBI releases pictures of two male suspects being sought in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings. 185 Approx 4.30 pm: The folks at Reddit, already back on the case in multiple threads on "/r/findbostonbombers," ID'd the hat of Suspect 1 within minutes even though they might not have gotten the FBI photos right the first time, the Internet sleuths could prove to be key in addition to the people of Boston.186
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM we ask the media, particularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting.188 Press release 1.45 pm CNN says that thanks to 2 independent videos, a suspect has been identified and arrested. This turned out to be another bogus story. 189 1.20 am: CNN says injured total is up to 183.
2013 April 16, 2013 9 pm (8 pm my time) on Piers Morgan live,190 we were told that the 3rd dead is a Chinese citizen, and the injured count is up to 183. There have been vigils all over the Boston area on April-16 evening.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM 9:45 a.m. - FBI spokesperson Richard DesLauriers: "This remains a very active investigation" in multiple locations in and around Boston. "Voluminous" amount of tips have been received.199 9:30 a.m. - Officials from Boston, Massachusetts, ATF and FBI hold news conference, announce: anyone with any information, photos or video to call 1800-225-5324, #3.
The morning after the bombing, one of the young men, later to be identified as one of the bombers, tried to pick up his girl friends car, even though it was not yet fixed. 200
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM 10 p.m. WBZ-TV reported late Monday that law enforcement officers were searching an apartment in the Boston suburb of Revere. 204 Massachusetts State Police confirmed that a search warrant related to the investigation into the explosions was served Monday night in Revere. Other news media reported that a search warrant was executed at a Revere205 Apartment, approx 5 miles north of Boston. Later stories claimed this was the home of a Saudi national.
8:54 p.m. At a press conference, Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis stated that three people have now perished from Mondays explosions. He also explained that there is currently no suspect, but that there are people we are talking to in various places. 206 Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the Boston FBI field office, said that the FBI and the DOJs207 Joint Terrorism Task Force would be taking over the operation, and said it was being treated as a potential terrorism investigation. 208 8:49 p.m. At an evening press conference, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announces that the FBI has taken over the investigation. At this press conference, it is confirmed that three people died as a result of the bombings and at least 100 others were injured. 209 2013 April 15 8:17 p.m. The Boston Athletic Association releases an official statement regarding the bombings. "We can confirm that all of the remaining runners who were out on the course when the tragic events unfolded have been returned to a community meeting area."210 8:01 p.m. CNN now reports that there are 132 injured, with 17 critically so, and ten amputee victims. There are eight children among the injured, and one terrorism expert told the network about doctors pulling ball b earings out of people in the emergency room. Ball bearings, small steel balls, are often used as shrapnel in terrorist bombs, including the weapons used in the July 7, 2005, London bombings.211
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6:53 p.m. The New York Times reports there may have been as many as five secondary devices: The authorities have said that NO secondary devices were ever found, contrary to many fantasy stories in the news media. The New York Times reported QUOTE:214 The authorities also found a device at St. James and Trinity Streets which did not explode, the person said, and two other devices were found, including one in Newton, outside of Boston. UNQUOTE 2013 April 15 5:42 p.m. Flights resume at Boston's Logan airport.
5:26 p.m. The Secret Service says it has expanded its security perimeter at the White House following the events at the Boston Marathon.215 Spokesman Ed Donovan said it is not unusual to expand or contract the security perimeters. Shortly after the explosions, Secret Service shut down Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House.216 5:14 p.m. The Boston Globe reports that Boston hospitals are now reporting that more than 100 people are being treated after todays explosions.217
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM o Approximately 10 seconds later, an explosion occurs in the location where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had placed his knapsack.. It's about a block from the first explosion.233 2.42 pm approx: Tamerlan Tsarnaev begins walking toward the finish line again. He still has his knapsack.234 It does not appear from the info provided so far, that there is the same smoking gun video evidence of him planting a bomb, as there is with his brother Dzhokhar. 2.41 pm approx: Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are seen on camera standing about a half-block from Forum restaurant, site of second explosion.235 2.38 pm: roughly 11 minutes prior to the first blast, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are caught on camera turning onto Boylston Street, the thoroughfare where the finish line is located. The pair walks east, toward the Boston Marathon finish line, Tamerlan Tsarnaev in front of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, wearing a knapsack on his back.236
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM 9 am. The Boston Marathon had 26 seconds of silence at the start of the 26 mile Marathon, in the memory of 26 who died at Newtown.244
About a month before the marathon attack, Tsarnaev had told Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov "that he knew how to make a bomb," according to an FBI affidavit recounting the charges.245 Kadyrbayev told investigators that Tsarnaev "appeared to have given himself a short haircut" two days after the bombings. See Black Powder chapter. U.S. officials said the bombing suspects' mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, had been added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the April 15 attack -- a disclosure that deepens the mystery around the Tsarnaev family and marks the first time American authorities have acknowledged that Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was under investigation before the tragedy.246
What could have been done differently to avoid this? (3 May 11)
Can anything be done differently to avoid this happening again, other than having a police state which we do not want, or fixing foreign policy, which seems impossible given how the world and Washington DC are both divided? Plus DC leaders seem to be in agreement on current policies of US warring against people in many nations. The record speed with which US law enforcement authorities identified the suspects, and made sure they are no longer at large and a threat, has got to have a chilling effect on copy cats. Although these two were caught because they were stupid, many other perpetrators are both stupid, and think they are clever. The Boston bombing could have been avoided had there been better information sharing. 9/11 showed a problem with security and intelligence agencies data stove piped. It has been 12 years, and that has not yet been fixed. There are all kinds of data sharing organizations. In a Congressional hearing, the Boston Police Commissioner was asked about info flowing to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. He was given a list of clues like the ones listed below, and asked if any of them reached that effort. None of them. The head of the Massachusetts State Police Emergency Management and Fusion Center was asked the same questions. None of this info came to them either. College chums heard something about bomb making, but did they warn authorities? Conversion to fanaticism was observed by many family members, but did they do anything about it? Fanatic was kicked out of the Mosque, but did they alert authorities?
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Jihadist videos downloaded and uploaded. An interest in this topic is not necessarily an indication that the person agrees with the content, but it is a clue among many. Russian government told FBI and CIA theres a problem, would not communicate what it was. The Saudis sent a warning to the State dept. The FBI did an investigation. We dont know what the others did. The FBI apparently told no one about the investigation, other than put a record into DHS data base, so they noticed when Mr T. traveled to Russia. DHS checked that the investigation was closed, did nothing, not even tell the FBI. After these warnings, the older brother traveled to the Chechen region, then came back radicalized. Several federal agencies had tiny bits of info, never shared nor correlated. Student visa no longer applies if you drop out of classes. Isnt the university supposed to tell someone when this happens? Yes, but the capability, for the government to do anything with that data, had been defunded. Twitter feeds show they were part of the mentality that promotes the idea that 9/11 was a Bush inside job. Many people believe conspiracy theories, only a few are motivated by them to do violence against the nation, such as militia groups, Unabomber, Ok City bomber, Sikh Temple shooter.
In aggregate there were more than enough clues that these boys were a potential problem, but each clue was known to only one group of people. Connecting the dots is not a simple as it sometimes seems in retrospect,247 but might have been more practical without the stovepipe architecture. Each agency had tiny bits of info, which appeared to the agency to be almost useless, so they took no action. But if our government had a different architecture, one in which each agency posted an intergovernment index link to keywords the key facts when where who what suspicions then as each new agency got another tiny piece of info, added it to the index, theyd learn, oh hey, another agency has additional relevant info. With the stove pipe structure, the jigsaw puzzle pieces remained stored in different containers, never revealed until after the crisis, when all agencies were asked to check what relevant pieces they might have. This challenge of replacing stovepipe mentality with 21st century better technology infrastructure, while at the same time balancing the need for actionable intelligence, with reasonable expectations of privacy by our people, I plan to address in upcoming editions of my Solution Ideas,248 because the problems are bigger and more serious than just the Boston Bombing, and apply to a great many different risks to the nation and the people. The FBI has people worldwide seeking clues. Maybe other governments should be briefed on some of what travels thru US data bases, especially where they involve people traveling to and from those other nations, who are on various lists of suspects.
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Check out my Response Chaos notes in my Disaster Avoidance Collection.252 If people like the brothers, wanted to inflict maximum damage, and they had a better understanding of civilization, they would use the weather services to find out when a nasty storm will arrive in some community, and take down the local infrastructure, then plan their attack to coincide with that.
The Russians what could they know and share? (3 May 10)
In 2011, Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, asked the FBI for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, based on Russian information that he was a follower of radical Islam who he had changed drastically. This was out of Russian concern he had embraced radical Islam and was going to travel to Russia to join underground groups. In response, the FBI investigated and interviewed Tamerlan and family members. The FBI did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign, the bureau said. 253 That info was given to Russia in the summer of 2011. Tsarnaev flew to Russia the following year. Official records show he left New York's JFK airport on January 12, 2012 for Moscow and returned to the United States on July 17, 2012. It is unclear what he did while in Russia or whether he traveled elsewhere during that period. If the Russians thought he was a threat, how did he slip through their fingers?254 Perhaps Russia does not have the ping system the US has, to match air travelers with people on lists of those considered suspicious.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM terrorists in the past 40-plus years. The analysis further reveals that the most common weapon used in the 207 terrorist attacks in the United States from 2001 to 2011 were incendiary devices and explosives. What does this data say about how the US should or could protect its citizens in these circumstances?
UNQUOTE The history today article says there have been 2,362 terrorist attacks in the United States between 1970 and 2011. I had no idea the count was that high. Perhaps because of the above situation, 5+ military contractors had been hired to provide security for the Boston Marathon. Their agents were carrying back packs very similar to those identified with the suspects.257 They were checking for the kinds of indications associated with dirty bombs, for example.
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Frame-ups do occur in the USA, but they are relatively rare, with different perpetrators, than the Chechen experience. This is evidence of a failure of assimilation. There are police who do wrongful arrests, then lie on the stand, which we find out about when there is video evidence of the circumstances of the arrest, abuse during questioning, and proof of alibi. April 19, 2013 8.45 pm: Dzhokhar captured alive by the police, after an almost 2 hour stand-off, after he was discovered hiding inside a boat in a backyard in Watertown.261
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Sep 11, 2012: Dzhokhar (the younger brother) becomes a US citizen. He attends naturalization ceremony at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.270 Before doing so, he wrote a post on Twitter saying that he doesnt understand why its hard for many of you to accept that 9/11 was an inside job. 271 July 17, 2012: Tamerlan returns to USA.272 June 13, 2012: Mother Zubeidat Tsarnaev is arrested for alleged shoplifting at Lord and Taylors in Boston.273 Jan 12, 2012: Tamerlan flies from NYC JFK airport to Moscow Russia.274 Jan 2012: Dzhokhar visits Dagestan.275
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Tufts Medical Center303 I do not have complete list.
Many people were treated, then released. Count of injured might not include them. There have been amputations of arms + legs, some blown off at the scene. Type of shrapnel appears to be:304 Ball Bearings305 BB gun pellets Glass shards306 The American Red Cross is involved.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM shortly. All clinical and operational activities will occur as scheduled on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Heres quotes from various news media: Dr. Stephen Epstein of the emergency medicine department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said he saw an X-ray of one victims leg that had what appears to be small, uniform, round objec ts throughout it similar in the appearance to BBs.311 Boston Childrens Hospital reported that those treated there included a 9year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 12-year-old, and a 2-year-old. Brigham and Women's Hospital reported receiving 18 to 20 injured from the explosions, two in critical condition. Dr. Ron Walls, Chief of Emergency Services at Brigham and Womens Hospital, explains a fair number of people were injured by flying objects and shrapnel.312 This hospital was the one where the news media has had a fantasy about a Saudi student allegedly behind the bombing. Dr. Peter Fagenholz, a doctor at Massachusetts General who performed six surgeries on Monday, said the majority of injuries are "combined, complex lower extremity" injuries. Massachusetts General Hospital was caring for 29 victims, where injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to serious shrapnel wounds. Trauma surgeons said they had performed several amputations by mid-evening on Monday. Tufts New England Medical Center had nine patients "and we're expecting more," said spokeswoman Julie Jette.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM DOJs314 Joint Terrorism Task Force, is co-lead with FBI EOCs = Emergency Operations Centers ESFs FAA has imposed a temporary flight restriction around the affected area FEMA has received no requests for assistance, as yet, but has IMAT teams on alert FEMA National Watch Center has gone to Enhanced Watch status FBI has taken the lead, or co-lead. FPS = Federal Protective Services are restricting access and enhancing security at all nearby federal facilities. IMAT staged at RRCC Maynard LNOs deployed to RRCC and MA EOC MA Emergency Operations Center MA Governor Patrick MA National Guard, is now securing the crime scene around the two explosions in the middle of downtown Boston. MARSEC II with US Coast Guard has boats with law enforcement teams on the Charles River.315 MATF is on stand by National Counterterrorism Center National Targeting Center NRCC is not yet involved NWC Police local, state, federal RRCC TSA = Transportation Security Agency has enhanced security at airports within a 50 mile radius Unified Command Post at the Westin Hotel in Boston US&R Washington DC representatives
What are the rules of law guiding investigators? We remember controversies with the underwear bomber, and Gitmo POWs to be tried in federal court, or not go thru court system at all, because they are allegedly enemy soldiers in a war. The authorities need to: (a) determine there is no imminent threat of another explosion, which may require the apprehension of suspects; (b) seek evidence for a criminal conviction. To that end, people in US and foreign custody may be questioned without Miranda, because getting the info to avoid another explosion, may be more important.
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Clues (3 Apr 18 B)
The police will have access to video of the scenes, where the explosions occurred,317 which may help them figure out how the bombs got there. Lots of news media have reported about unexploded secondary devices , and where they were found, but the authorities label these stories as fictional. There
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were no secondary devices. Had there been, they would have provided useful clues. Thousands of people may have relevant video, from the Boston Marathon, and from around Boston, which later can be used to help the investigations. We can be thankful that Boston is not one of those cities, where the police actively discourage the citizenry from taking videos of public places. Can a moral be communicated to those other cities about this, that by their actions, they are making their cities more vulnerable to another attack like what happened in Boston? Businesses, in the immediate area of the bombings, have video, which may include the areas where the bombs exploded. That video will go to the investigators. One witness survivor, talking on TV, said he was hit by what he thought were shotgun pellets. Hospitals will save all evidence of what hit the victims who needed hospital attention. If theres lots of broken glass, then maybe one bomb was inside a store, or other building structure. If a bomb was outside, then window breakage probably went inward, to the people inside. Thus, nature of injuries, and where survivors say they were located at time of blasts, are clues to the nature and location of the bombs.318 There are reports of doctors removing ball bearings from the bodies of some of the injured.319 If someone goes to hospital with burns on hands, they may be suspected of being someone who placed a bomb, and was slow to exit. The explosions leave residue. That residue, nature of injuries, and what can be figured out from the unexploded devices, combined with science, can help figure out type of bomb, perhaps trace bomb maker. The world is surrounded by artificial satellites, of many governments, private companies like Google. There are drones all over the place, many secret, many illegal. Video may be available from these sources, showing the sites of explosions and secondary devices, which can be used to trace the bombers. Most bombing attempts in the USA in recent years have been failed attempts. Can we explain what is in common for the failed vs. succeeded attempts. Is it Luck
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companies often change hands, and throw away their records from the old owners, and there is a statute of limitations after which tough luck if anyone needs access to the data. Black powder or gunpowder was used as the explosive.323 Law enforcement officials allegedly told NBC News that the explosives were classified as low meaning that they traveled at under 3,300 feet per second. That is not enough to create a blast wave, which can kill people from air compression and blow out faraway windows, but it is enough to propel shrapnel a great distance. 324 This info is coming from: investigators who have asked to remain anonymous; doctors removing this stuff from victim bodies. Investigators allegedly found Big fragments of an electronic circuit board possibly indicating a timer was used in the detonation of one of the bombs. Part of a battery pack. They now know the brand name of the pressure cooker, so they can trace from the manufacturer where it has been sold in the USA. The electronic components are allegedly easier to trace than the shrapnel.
According to the AP, a bomb such as the ones used this week in Boston "probably cost around $100 to construct."325
2009 Oct 7 OIA 3 page guidance on Terrorist HME interests.327 2010 Jan 19 ATF 3 page update on stolen munitions.328 2010 Feb 10 NY-MTA 2 page advisory about HME.329
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM 2010 July 9 DHS 2 page warning about pressure cookers in IED design.330 2011 Jan 10 MCAC 2 page info about incendiary devices used against government buildings in Maryland. 2011 Jan 12 DHS 23 page overview of Domestic IED threats.331 2011 March 2 police info about alleged US bomb-maker Aldawsari332 Translating acronyms used at above links: o DHS = US Department of Homeland Security. o HME = Home Made Explosives. o HMTD = hexamethylene triperoxide diamine. o IED = Improvised Explosive Device. o MCAC = Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center. o NIE = National Intelligence Estimate. o NY-MTA = New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. o OIA = Office of Intelligence Analysis. o TATP = Triacetone triperoxide. o TTP = o WTC = World Trade Center
Not on the above list is this clue from TIME Magazine:333 In 2004, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was concerned enough about pressure-cooker bombs to issue an alert to federal and state security officials: A technique commonly taught in Afghan terrorist training camps is the use/conversion of pressure cookers into [improvised explosive devices], the bulletin warned. Some of the terminology here may be a bit different than we are accustomed to in other venues, such as: bad weather; earthquake and tsunami risk; human critical infrastructure problems; cyber security penetrated: Here is what I am accustomed to, which may not have a parallel in national security area. Alert or Advisory = We have good reason to suspect that there is a risk of this bad thing happening, so here is a heads up about what we know so far. Watch = Conditions are ripe for this bad thing to happen soon, so we need to review our plans for how to be safe from the bad thing. Warning = Someone has seen credible evidence that the bad thing is really happening, headed in our direction. If we want to survive it, we need to implement our plans immediately. Failure Log = The bad thing did in fact happen, and here is an audit trail with the details, which we were able to capture.
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Many activities described in these documents as being suspicious, are constitutionally protected activities, such as being a tourist, using a cell phone, having fun. Authorities must walk a fine line to conduct investigations, without trampling civil liberties. I may download some of these reports, and include in my Drone Reports directory.334
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Placed carefully, such devices provide little or no indication of an impending attack, the report said. These cookers were inside black nylon duffel bags, left on the ground, placed to appear like they had been abandoned. It is still unknown if one or both bombs were in garbage cans. One may have been on the sidewalk. A European security official said Apr-16 initial evidence indicates that the attacks were not the work of suicide bombers. The inclusion of material such as nails in the device is reminiscent of the 1996 bombing at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, which killed two people and injured about 150 others. Anti-abortion activist Eric Rudolph, who eluded capture for years, pleaded guilty to the attack and is currently serving consecutive life sentences.335 I remember in the first WTC bombing (the one with the truck bomb in the parking garage), the bombers had cyanide gas, which was totally burned up in the explosion, because they had not yet learned how to disperse dangerous chemicals. Had they learned that, the first WTC bombing would have killed many more people.
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Although fireworks cannot be sold to private citizens in Massachusetts, federal law allows the purchase of up to 50 pounds of black powder for personal use, such as firing an antique rifle. Neither of the Tsarnaevs had been issued a Firearms Identification Card, which Massachusetts residents need to buy black powder in the state. But each US state has different rules.
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who ran to the rescue of their fellow humans, all the doctors were in on it, all the politicians in on it, all the media in on it. This defies my imagination how so many people can be in on a conspiracy. It is more easy for me to believe that some of the shared photos have been photo-shopped, and then got into the public domain, and people analyzing the photos dont realize that, and are coming up with other explanations for apparent inconsistencies in the photos. There have also been cases where the news media has removed gory details from photos before publishing them. In this collection of photos, in support of the conspiracy theory that the bombing never happened, that it is the same kind of government re-enactment that a particular mentality attributes to denial of 9/11 and 99% of the mass shootings, the question is asked How can a window shatter towards a bomb explosion?349 To which I have several possible explanations: I do not know, from the pictures, that is what in fact happened. There were some reports that there was broken glass inside the bombs, along with the nails and BB shells. How do you know for a fact that broken glass near the explosion did not come from that source? The explosion sent nails and BB shells flying in all directions, and people in all directions. When a window breaks, the glass goes in all directions. Have you weighed and measured the amount of broken glass inside the windows to compare to how much is outside? I would expect to find more inside than outside, and in both places, assuming we are able to figure out how much came from ground level store, how much from upper level windows, different adjacent windows, etc. When some bombs go off, we get not an explosion, but an implosion. I do not believe that was the case in Boston. There are people looking at photos, coming to conclusions about suspects, not explaining their analysis.350 So the result looks like racial profiling. A "controlled explosion" was under way on the same day as the marathon explosion.351 Remember after 9/11 there were claims that President Bush had engineered the WTC bombing? Well there are similar claims about the Boston bombing on the very first day, and they continue.352 The Atlantic is inspired by the above to do an article explaining False Flag Attacks.353 We live in a complex world, in which there are people who think there should be simple explanations for everything. When they cant get simple explanations, they then adopt simple theories impossible to prove except in their eyes using other simplistic claims, which overall often sound absurd, regarding malevolence of government leaders and officials.
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Piers Morgan on CNN sometimes seems to be disconnected from reality. In the Gun Control debate he seems to go out of his way to insult people. April 16 nite he was demanding answers to questions which I think are totally premature to ask, and designed to fuel more conspiracy theories. He had various people on the show, trying to match up patterns of possible bomber motivations with apparent targets, and they were making a lot of factual errors. The target really has more in common with the Olympics, than any other event. There have been many attacks against Olympics. Some were political, anti-Zionists. Do we really know why the UN building was blown up in Iraq? We certainly do not know why the bombing of the Olympics in Atlanta. The target was Americans, someone said. You are ignorant. The target was an international event with people from approx 100 different nations. But the attackers could have made the same kinds of ignorant mistakes. After 9/11 there has been a humongous rise in lone wolf attacks against targets the attackers think are Muslims, non-whites, or whoever they think are responsible for attacks on the US, or the US no longer being what they think it should be, like run by the KKK mentality. For example, one red neck used a pickup truck to run down a Sikh woman. Most people know the Sikh are among the most non-violent philosophies in the world. Why did he do this? Well he could not tell the difference between different religious clothing, different skin colors, he thought he was attacking a Muslim, and he thought they were responsible for 9/11. The targets were not government buildings, or some ethnic group, so it cant be the radical right. You are biased. There are radical groups on the right and the left. Lone wolves can be insane. Look at the Unibomber. He did not think the development of the airline industry was in the best interests of American values, and he had other beliefs even more difficult to figure out where he was coming from. Look at mass shootings. Those characters just wanted to hurt a school, theater, or a shopping mall. They were non-political. Jihadists dont have any set pattern either. So while Piers Morgans guests were unable to definitively answer his questions, they spewed lots of nonsense into the coffers of conspiracy theorists.
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Interfering with the police (by throwing explosives at them); Murder (3 people with the bombs, and more may die; police officer); Murder, attempted (other bomb victims, people there he missed, other police); Ordinary violent-crime charges; Suicide attempted (the bullet in his neck is allegedly self-inflicted); Terrorism via weapon of mass destruction354 (the bombs with the nails); Treason; Trespassing (in the boat where he was hiding); Undesirable Alien if a naturalized citizen gets in trouble soon after becoming a citizen, there are some conditions under which the citizenship can get revoked; Vehicular Manslaughter (of his brother). Here are some good articles and blog essays on what crimes the surviving bomber might be charged with, and why: Apr 22 Lawfare355 by Robert Chesney reviews applicability of possible charges. Apr 20 Lawfare356 by Benjamin Wittes argument why he should not go to Gitmo. Apr 19 Lawfare357 by Robert Chesney on why military tribunal is inappropriate. I assume there will be a plea bargain. The culprit will be offered to have the death penalty taken off the table, in exchange for a full confession, full cooperation with investigators. Then he will have to spend the rest of his life in solitary confinement, because otherwise the other prisoners may massacre him.
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Drones (3 Apr 19)
There is speculation about how drones might have changed Boston Marathon security, and locating the suspects.359 They could have made the situation much worse, or helped in some way, depending on who you believe. For more info on drones, see my document collections on Scribd,360 and Drones on Google. You might start with my Drone Controversies Education.361 According to Holder's last letter to @SenRandPaul, Obama believes he has the right to drone kill the Boston bomber, correct?362
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Apparently AP Twitter password got hacked via spear phishing, and the hacker sent out, under AP name: White House bombed, 2 explosions, Obama injured. Thousands of people saw this, forwarded the news, the stock market crashed, Within a few minutes AP announced that its Twitter account had been hacked, and the claim that there was a bombing at the White House was a hoax. Stocks began an immediate surge higher and within three minutes the Flash Crash was over - stocks had recovered all the ground last in the crash. The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hack. I have some questions about this. (a) If true, would stock market do same thing, except stay down? (b) Is anything else going on to trigger this? There is an SEC-FBI investigation which no doubt will answer that, eventually. 363 Does this mean Pres Obama is much more popular than Republican polls would indicate? (d) Why was there no similar stock market response to the recent events in Boston? We know the stock market uses GPS, which can be hacked. We know stock market trades come from company computer systems with flawed software. We know many of these companies no longer have employees who understand what the heck is going on. We know there is enormous hacking going on of critical infrastructure companies. Here is Rachel Maddow blog:364 Links for her 4/23 evening show:365 Links regarding this one story:366 and there is more Here are some articles I found via Internet search I have no idea which have any validity or reliability, I was just looking for more info from what I saw on TV. I use TV news to tell me the headlines, then I go seeking a second opinion, a third, fourth, etc. Wikipedia on the 2010 Flash Crash.367
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Nothing much yet in Wikipedia on todays Flash Crash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Tweet_Flash_Crash_of_2013 Economic Populist368 The same flash crash hit all major US stock markets. Nothing has changed since the May 6, 2010 Flash Crash which wiped out over 1,000 Dow points in 20 minutes. If anything, things have gotten worse. There is another solution that Congress may some day be tempted to impose, and which already is being legislated in Europe - a small tax on each buy and sell transaction on Wall Street. Speculative activity has dried up 85% in Europe where such a tax is levied. Congress will not be tempted to take this route unless a) it is desperate for revenue, or b) it is fed up with Flash Crashes. Cleveland Plain Dealer369 The false tweet went out shortly after 1 p.m. and briefly sent the Dow Jones industrial average sharply lower. The Dow fell 143 points, from 14,697 to 14,554, after the fake Twitter posting, and then quickly recovered. Any attack on a prominent U.S. landmark - particularly the White House - and particularly if the president were injured - would cause tremendous worry of another economic slowdown, and bad recession. Boston put us on pins and needles. Another attack can send some people over an edge. What is a Flash Crash? http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40005.html confusion Huffington Post370 Dont blame Twitter. The problem is stock market instability.
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My brother in law, David, used to work as a stock broker until he got disgusted with the shenanigans there, and moved to a new career, advising ordinary working families how to save safely for retirement. He replied: The following are my opinions, and my answers to your questions: (a) If true, would stock market do same thing, except stay down? Yes
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(b) Is anything else going on to trigger this? Because there are always things going on, the market is always very sensitive to news. For example, when some economic news comes out, the market can become very volatile, even losing 100 points before bouncing back later, like yesterday. Does this mean Pres Obama is much more popular than Republican polls would indicate? Not necessarily; his office makes him Commander in Chief, and as such, makes his safety very sensitive to the markets. (d) Why was there no similar stock market response to the recent events in Boston? When the bomb went off in Boston, there was an initial (limited) response in the market, but when it became apparent that this was a local event, the market shrugged it off. Bottom Line: The market is always sensitive to news, and, depending on the significance of the news, will immediately respond accordingly. ~Dave I met Milt through ERP community for the type of midrange computer I use at work. He told me that a similar flash crash occurred right after one of NASAs crashes. I met Bob on a geek forum many years ago, and we have become good e-friends. He replied: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Al Mac wrote: I have some questions about this. (a) If true, would stock market do same thing, except stay down? Yes, if the White House were bombed, the stock market would like stay down due to investor's insecurities about the Government being able to protect the rest of us if it couldn't protect the White House.
(b) Is anything else going on to trigger this? There is an SEC-FBI investigation which no doubt will answer that, eventually. What ever panics people will affect the stock market as confidence is lost.
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(d) Why was there no similar stock market response to the recent events in Boston? Likely due to the event being not much different than a school shooting.
Boston put us on pins and needles. True for some people. I do not feel any more insecure as I expect that these events will likely continue. For some people, inducing terror is their only claim to fame.
Another attack can send some people over an edge. Yeah, finding a spider in the house does that to my spouse. Bob I met Terry on a geek forum many years ago, and we occasionally discuss topics in the news. He responded:
The market is increasingly plagued by random behaviors. While we can retrospectively examine these events, apply models of past behavior and hypothesize on potential causes, the truth is we do not know. Experts will investigate and claim to know, but they do not know anymore than they can pinpoint which horse started a stampede. It's taken three years for someone to come forward and explain the first flash crash with "multi-agent interaction" which means "we don't know" but sounds better. People desperately need to be able to assign a cause to catastrophic events. In some cases the cause seems obvious because of some recent event. The 24/7/365 feed of stock market news where every tiny move is given cause and explanation - "stocks moved up today on positive jobs report" or "stocks moved down today on positive jobs report" -makes us feel like we understand. Even though the same proposed trigger event may have the opposite effect at a later date. I really like Becky Quick and Maria Bartiromo but their explanations of why the market went one way or another are only randomly correct -when they get lucky. Ambiguity and randomness make people nervous. Acknowledging that unexplainable events occur is not acceptable. So people look for some historical precedent by which to judge the event and feel better when they find something that satisfies one or more models. Then they can go to sleep, feeling everything is under control. If the model really explained the event you could prevent it from happening again. It doesn't and we can't, because randomness has no cause.
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similar to what drives some people to accept conspiracy theories instead of believing official stories.
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were subsequently arrested for disposing of key evidence, 378 although they are not suspected of involvement in the bombings. Once they realized their room mate had been one of the bombers, they should have turned over the material to the authorities. Instead they threw it into the garbage, since they did not want to get the bomber into any more trouble. This garbage ended up in a landfill, searched by authorities, who found his laptop there. 379 Other loot, disposed of into the garbage, included a backpack containing hollowed out fireworks. We do not yet know if that was a source of some of the explosives, nor where the explosives were made. Authorities consider it unlikely that they could have been made at the dorm, with no one else knowing, or in the home of the brother shared with a wife and baby, with the wife not knowing. Two were arrested for alleged immigration violations. Student visas are allegedly for people who are students. If someone drops out of classes, then that can violate their visa. Two were charged with lying to investigators. One of them had been driving around with a souvenir politically-incorrect license plate promoting terrorism, which his lawyer claims was a gag.
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It is possible to have a perfect crime within an imperfect (normal) crime. By that I mean that a normal crime may have a large number of related steps: How did the Boston bombers learn how to make those bombs? The elder brother lived with wife and baby. The younger brother lived in a college dorm. Where did they manufacture their ordinance, so that no one would stumble over it? The bombs were triggered different ways (at the Marathon & against the police). How did they learn those different triggers? How did the bombers learn how to coordinate the bombing? How did the bombers know how to circumvent the police patrols? How did the bombers learn how to keep their bombing life divorced from their internet life, and have the self-discipline to avoid any mis-steps? Those bombs weigh 20 pounds. How did they learn to seal them so they could throw them with precision against the police in a fire fight, without the bomb coming apart in transit? The investigation may figure out some, but not all the answers to the above questions. Some of my bullet points, in the above list, may turn out to be a perfect crime, where there is no record, no witness, no evidence, that they did any such thing. The notion, that it happened, can only be inferred from the rest of the story. A perfect crime is: the deed gets done, but there are no witnesses, there is no forensic evidence pointing at the perpetrator, or at any accomplice of the perpetrator, and there are no records evidence. By records evidence I mean cell phone traffic, land line traffic, CCTV record, e-mail, data on any computer, excessive electrical usage or any other utility, black box GPS trail in any vehicle, retail transactions, deliveries which seem suspicious to any delivery person. Also the perpetrators have a verifiable alibi for the time and place where investigators infer some detail of the crime was implemented. In some cases, there are records, but the cost of obtaining them is prohibitive for ordinary investigations. See the chapters Conspiracy Theories and Internet Hoaxes. To g et at the truth of who did what, faking photos, faking video, using actors, etc. youd have to have a large spectrum of skill sets, access to records of many companies, ability to audit whoever keeps those records, to figure out which records have been tampered with by whom. It may be that some of those skill sets and records access are easy, but the more steps needed to get the whole story, where specialized skills and legal tools are essential, the more likely that investigators will think they have reached a dead end. Thus it is not always necessary that there be no records, only that they be inaccessible. I once read some place that the cost of DNA is so astronomical, and police and DA budgets so limited, that many people accused of minor crimes are more likely to get off, because investigation funds have been drained by cost of DNA on higher profile cases. Investigations do not always have the budget to investigate every possibility.
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You can case a joint, scout out the territory, before doing the deed, to try to figure out how to reduce the odds of detection, but any time there are lots of people around, lots of independent activities, the risk of some accidental encounter unexpected by the perpetrators, rises sharply. The more people who are involved in the crime, the more likely one of them will talk. For example, one of them is picked up by the police on an unrelated crime, and they plea bargain by squealing about this. Or one likes to brag or boast, and tells someone about it, and the someone is offended by the act, and reports it. To keep the crime a secret, either the number of conspirators have to be vanishingly small, or there needs to be an authority figure in the crowd who has control over the records and the power to lean on everyone else to stay silent. With corporate crime, the threat is you will lose your job if you speak out about whatever. Eventually you are no longer working there for other reasons, but you cant prove your memories, you no longer have access to the records. For more info on corporate crimes, see Economic Embezzlement in my Solution Ideas.384 Some computer records are editable, depending on the nature of the hardware and software. That is to say we have what looks like an accounting report, and we have a program to produce it from some records, but someone can alter that report, like they can alter a word processed document, to make it look like anything they want it to look like. This can also be done within the program, to take the data, do some hocus pocus, then produce on a report, what someone wants, which is other than a correct reflection of the data. I am a computer programmer. In my career I have had bosses who have ordered me to do things like that. It strikes me, that for many of these conspiracy theories to be valid, the number of people in-on-it must be astronomical. Thousands of people where it happened, almost everyone in the entire medical establishment of Boston, news media workers, politicians, first responders. It just boggles my mind that that many people can keep a secret and it not get leaked.
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The gruesome photos are a testament to the rescuers and the medical skills, without whom there would have been a heck of a lot more deaths. The New York Daily News doctored a gruesome picture to avoid showing the horrible detail on the front page.386 This led to criticism about their editorial choices.
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Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, an Elvis impersonator, of Corinth, Mississippi, was arrested, but later exonerated. It sounds like he may have been framed. He was not released as soon as there was evidence pointing at a second person, because the authorities thought they might be conspirators. George Lucas Dutschke is suspect # 2, arrested & evidence against him evaluated by a grand jury.394
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Both suspect # 1 and suspect # 2 have ties to the same judge. A clerk in the judge's office had exhibited flu-like symptoms, which could be consistent with ricin poisoning, but she had not died. It wasn't clear whether that was the cause of her illness.399
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People run away from the explosions, dropping innocent stuff in the process, which then becomes suspicious packages, most of which turn out to not be secondary devices. Two unexploded devices were found, early on, according to lots of news media. The general public was never told where they were found, although HLN is reporting that one was at the Mandarin Oriental hotel and another at an undisclosed location.408 The police performed a controlled explosion on at least one of them, which I am guessing is the one at the 600 block of Boylston street, 409 as reported via Wikipedia. The New York Times reports there may have been as many as five devices:410 Locations included: St. James and Trinity Streets Newton, outside of Boston.
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What happened to Boston on April 15, happens to people every day in other nations.
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A small town in northern Syria sent condolences to the city of Boston after last Monday's bombing, creating an unexpected link between the two countries. The town of Kafranbel is famous for creative banners at weekly anti-government protests, many of them in English, and they had one for Boston, on April 19. Bostonians responded with thanks of their own through social media April 20. 413
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April 17: CNN says suspects arrested. DoJ says untrue.416 At least thru Apr 17, multiple news outlets were saying that the FBI had photos of a dark skinned male placing a package, where a bomb later exploded, then backed away. Untrue, according to the FBI, that same day,
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For more context on the stories, from which I extracted what I thought the investigators should know about, so lets send them just in case they have not yet seen this. Installment II sent wee hours of 3 Apr 18: Conspiracy Theories I dont see the footnote showing up here, in my copy-paste from the e-mail. Here is the context for the footnote: Is it true that this page was created 2 days BEFORE[1] the explosions? Here is the footnote: My work on computer networks has shown me that the APPEARANCE of this sort of thing can be an innocent accident. Have you ever noticed that the DATE of an e-mail looks strange? Sometimes a person can have a wrong date or time in their computer, and it contaminates the date time stamp of documents they create and share. I do not know if this phenomena can occur with Facebook. Installment I sent wee hours of 3 Apr 17 Bomb Design Photos of Bombing Victims Media sources day two I had tried to send installment I April 16 afternoon, but at that time I had wrong e-mail address.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Who uploaded this You Tube video. Back trace where ever they got their info.
I am Alister William Macintyre, <snip> My snail mail address is PO Box 5763, Evansville In 47716-5763 I am age 69, semi-retired. I did not attend the Boston Marathon. I am seeing things on the Internet, which I think the investigators ought to be aware of. This is my second e-mail to the FBI regarding Boston clues.
Apparently there is a larger collection of photos here: 150 Boston photos by Aaron "tango" Tang via Flicker http://www.flickr.com/photos/hahatango/sets/72157633252445135/with/8652877581/ I am semi-retired and a news junkie. Here are my notes (so far) on the Boston situation: Boston Bombing o http://www.scribd.com/doc/136142293/Boston-Bombings-2013April-by-Al-Mac o What we think we know so far, about the end of the Boston Marathon. One section of my notes has more links, below, I ASSUME the Boston investigation already has, but which I am sharing just in case. Summary picture (as painted by the news media, which has printed many stories later found to be not entirely accurate): Bomb and shrapnel inside metal pressure cookers. 91 Boston Bombed / Ricin to Washington DC / Nat Sec
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Cookers inside black duffel bags. Duffel bags placed in such a way as to try to avoid suspicion.
Pressure-cooker explosives, similar to those used in the Boston Marathon Bombings, have been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a July 2010 joint FBI and Homeland Security intelligence report. I saw this mentioned in the news media, then went looking for the referenced report. I found several with intriguing titles. 2009 Oct 7 OIA 3 page guidance on Terrorist HME interests.[1] 2010 Jan 19 ATF 3 page update on stolen munitions.[2] 2010 Feb 10 NY-MTA 2 page advisory about HME.[3] 2010 July 9 DHS 2 page warning about pressure cookers in IED design.[4] 2011 Jan 10 MCAC 2 page info about incendiary devices used against government buildings in Maryland. 2011 Jan 12 DHS 23 page overview of Domestic IED threats.[5] 2011 March 2 police info about alleged US bomb-maker Aldawsari[6] Translating acronyms used at above links: o DHS = US Department of Homeland Security. o HME = Home Made Explosives. o HMTD = hexamethylene triperoxide diamine. o IED = Improvised Explosive Device. o MCAC = Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center. o NIE = National Intelligence Estimate. o NY-MTA = New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. o OIA = Office of Intelligence Analysis. o TATP = Triacetone triperoxide. o TTP = o WTC = World Trade Center
Al Mac = Alister William Macintyre (WOW WAY.com ISP) Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/almacintyre Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108007903544513887227/about I reside in Evansville Indiana. I work part time, mainly via VPN, for Kauffman Engineering.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM 6-15 in critical condition. There were explosions, lots of smoke, possible shrapnel. Investigators found what could be one to two additional, undetonated explosive devices around the Boston area. The event occurred 2.45 to 2.50 pm. This was 1-3 hours after the winners crossed the finish line.
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media had left, near the end of the race, 1-3 hours after the front runners had crossed the finish line,424 there were two small explosions,425 50-100 yards distant from each other,426 and 10-20 seconds apart. The windows of nearby buildings were blown out.427 It is too soon to know if that was thanks to the bomb blasts, or the shrapnel. Witnesses to the injured, quoted by the media, say there were a lot of lower extremity injuries. There were 1,000 (?) first responders in vicinity of the end of the race, to serve expected needs of the runners, so triage for the bmb survivors was rapid. We were fortunate the blasts were not more powerful. Two unexploded devices were found, early on. The general public has not yet been told where they were found, although HLN is reporting that one was at the Mandarin Oriental hotel and another at an undisclosed location. 428 The police performed a controlled explosion on at least one of them, which I am guessing is the one at the 600 block of Boylston street, as reported via Wikipedia.429 People, in the Boston area, have been advised to stay indoors for the time being. The Boston Marathon attracts world wide contestants from all walks of life, so whatever the attackers motives, they got some of their own people, just like in 9/11. Due to uncertainty about additional attacks, there were precautions, until more can be known. Security was increased at many institutions around the world, especially those planning similar events; Security increased for lots of transportation, such as Amtrak. 430 There were evacuations of buildings similar to the JFK library; Airports, in the area, had ground stops;
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Boston Subway system has stopped; Some events got cancelled.
I watched President Obama on TV about 5.10 pm my time (just over 3 hours after it happened). He had received briefings and updates from his National Security Advisor; the FBI431 director; DHS432 secretary. He had phoned Boston and Massachusetts leaders to pledge any federal support they might need, and he briefed leaders in Congress.
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some info where they think it might help suspects not yet caught, or compromise a court case, and sometimes there are national security reasons for censorship. Some official info is going straight into the time line, rather than being placed here.
Business & Resident Resource Center: Located at Boston Public Library, Copley Central Branch at 700 Boylston (Washington Room, enter Dartmouth Street entrance). Counseling: Anyone needing support can call the Mayor's Healthline at 617-5345050 to be connected to a counselor on-call 9AM-5PM. Claim Property from Scene: The Boston Police Department has outlined the plan to retrieve property from the incident site with extended hours Saturday 4/27 [link] Marathon Victims & Families: For victims and immediate family members in need of services, you may call 617-534-5050. TIPS for Investigation: Call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) & choose prompt #3. Submit info to FBI website. Submit info via email: Boston@ic.fbi.gov.
Join the City of Boston in a Moment of Silence: Monday 4/22 at 2:50PM [link] Mayor Menino Announces Copley Square Re-Entry Plan: Preview the plan [link] Residents & Businesses in Impacted Area: We want to hear from you! Read letter from Mayor Menino on next steps [link] Marathon Victims & Families: For victims and immediate family members in need of services, you may call 617-343-1373.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Need To Talk?: Call the Mayor's Healthline at 617-534-5050 to be connected to counselors. They will be available 9AM-5PM from 4/22-4/26. TIPS for Investigation: Call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) & choose prompt #3. Submit info to FBI website. Submit info via email: Boston@ic.fbi.gov. Residents With Questions: Call the Mayor's Hotline at 617-635-4500. 4/15 Marathon Incident Press Release: Full City of Boston response to Boston Marathon tragedy [link] 4/15 Marathon Incident Map: Latest crime scene perimeter [link]
Significant Events: West Fertilizer Plant Explosion West, TX Heavy rain/flooding Midwest Severe Weather Mid Atlantic (Final) Boston Marathon Explosions (Final) Spring Flood Season 2013 Monitoring Significant Weather: Slight risk of severe thunderstorms in Central Plains Heavy snow spreads from Rockies to Central Plains & Upper Midwest Rain Southeast & Coastal New England Freezing rain & sleet Upper Mississippi Valley & Great Lakes Red Flag Warnings: TX, NM, CO, CA, AZ Earthquake Activity: No significant U.S activity; M 6.6 China Declaration Activity: FEMA-4110-DR-MA & FEMA-3363-EM-TX approved
Situation: Two explosions occurred near the finish line at approx. 2:50 p.m. EDT, April 15, 2013 FBI has killed or captured two suspects involved with the bombing Suspect #1 was shot/killed by law enforcement during a fire fight Suspect #2 was apprehended alive by police 99 Boston Bombed / Ricin to Washington DC / Nat Sec
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A three block radius around the blast zone is cordoned off to pedestrian and vehicular traffic Copley Station remains closed until further notice 4 confirmed fatalities; 176 injured/hospitalized State/Local Response: MA EOC returned to normal operations Shelter in place lifted for Boston & 6 communities Schools and colleges are reopened or will reopen today Transportation systems are operational; maritime restrictions were lifted FEMA Response: On April 17, President approved Emergency Declaration FEMA-3362-EM FEMA Region I returned to Watch/Steady State
Counseling Available: The Mayor's Healthline will have counselors available to talk by phone from 10AM-2PM on Saturday 4/20 and Sunday 4/21 at 617-5345050. TIPS for Investigation: Call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) & choose prompt #3. Submit info to FBI website. Submit info via Email: Boston@ic.fbi.gov. Residents With Questions: Call the Mayor's Hotline at 617-635-4500. 4/15 Marathon Incident Press Release: Full City of Boston response to Boston Marathon tragedy [link] 4/15 Marathon Incident Map: Latest crime scene perimeter [link]
Comparing what FEMA said April-19 morning with their earlier version, to identify any new or corrected info, I see: Suspects status; Lockdown impact on residents, transportation, academia; Police officer killed; Gov services update.
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Significant Events: Heavy Rains and Flooding Midwest Severe Storms Mid-Atlantic Boston Marathon Explosions Boston, MA West Fertilizer Plant Explosion West, TX Significant Weather: Heavy snow and rain Pacific Northwest Rain & thunderstorms Eastern Seaboard Wintry mix Central plains to the Northern Rockies Red Flag Warnings: TX & NM Earthquake Activity: M 6.6 China Declaration Activity: Major Disaster Declaration MA Emergency Declaration TX Boston Marathon Explosions April 15, 2013 Two explosions occurred near the finish line at approx. 2:50 p.m. EDT FBI identified two suspects involved with this bombing Suspect #1 was shot/killed by law enforcement during a fire fight early morning April 19 Suspect #2 was apprehended alive by police the evening of April 19 3 confirmed fatalities; 176 injured/hospitalized Following gunfight on April 18, an MIT officer was killed State/Local Response: MA EOC remains Partially Activated at Monitoring MA National Guard remains on site with 2 Civil Support Teams Shelter in place has been issued for Boston & 6 communities FAA temporary flight restrictions continue MBTA & Amtrak service in and out of Boston have been cancelled University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus was evacuated Federal Response: On April 17, President approved Emergency Declaration FEMA-3362-EM The FBI, assisted by Boston JTTF, is serving as lead Federal agency FEMA Region I remains partially activated to Level III, day shift only.
MBTA: Service (including bus, train, and commuter rail) is suspended until further notice. See www.mbta.com for updates. If you are at an MBTA station please do not congregate there, return home.
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Residents in Boston, Watertown, Newton, Belmont, and Cambridge: Citywide "shelter-in-place" is advised as this investigation unfolds. Please understand we have an armed and dangerous person(s) still at large and police actively pursuing every lead in this active emergency event. Please be patient and use common sense. Avoid congregating in large crowds until this person(s) are apprehended. We will continue to update the public with more information as it becomes available. For Those at Work: While the shelter-in-place designation remains, employees who are at work are free to commute home per MEMA. When they get home, they are encouraged to stay home. Emergency Notifications: Sign up for ALERTBoston, the city's emergency notification system [link] TIPS for Investigation: Call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) & choose prompt #3. Submit info to FBI website. Via Email: Boston@ic.fbi.gov. Emergencies: Dial 911 Residents With Questions: Call the Mayor's Hotline at 617-635-4500. City of Boston Employees: Beginning at 2:30 this afternoon, supervisors are free to allow employees to leave work unless those employees are involved in todays emergency operations. When they get home, they are encouraged to stay home. Boston City Hall: Closed for remainder of the day 4/19. Boston Public Schools: All activities, including Acceleration Academies, are cancelled. BCYF: All programs and activities at all BCYF facilities are suspended today 4/19. Trial Court Courthouses & Offices in Cambridge, Brighton, Newton & Waltham: Temporarily closed until further notice. Other Courts: All first day jurors summonsed for today at the Suffolk Superior Court & Brooke Courthouses in Boston and for those in Middlesex County are canceled. More updates here. 4/15 Marathon Incident Press Release: Full City of Boston response to Boston Marathon tragedy [link] 4/15 Marathon Incident Map: Latest crime scene perimeter [link]
Comparing what FEMA said April-19 morning with their earlier version, to identify any new or corrected info, I see: 102 Suspects update; Boston Bombed / Ricin to Washington DC / Nat Sec
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM Lockdown transportation & academia; Emergency declaration.
I copy paste particulars of greatest interest to me, in Indiana-Illinois area. Significant Events: Severe Weather/Flooding Midwest Boston Marathon Explosions Boston, MA West Fertilizer Plant Explosion West, TX H7N9 Avian Influenza Update Midwest Spring Flood Season 13 Update Significant Weather: Slight risk of severe thunderstorms Mid-Atlantic Heavy rain & thunderstorms Eastern U.S. Rain / high elevation snow Pacific Northwest into Great Basin Heavy rainfall & risk of severe thunderstorms Northeast, Mid-Atlantic into Florida Flash flooding possible- Middle Mississippi Valley Red Flag Warnings: CA & TX; Earthquake Activity: M 7.2 Kurilsk, Russia April 15, 2013 Boston page included photos from FBI of suspects, asking the general public for help in identifying them. Two explosions occurred near the finish line of Boston Marathon 3 confirmed fatalities; 176 injured/hospitalized Blast zone remains closed to pedestrian & vehicular traffic State/Local Response: MA EOC remains Partially Activated at Monitoring MA National Guard remains on site with 2 Civil Support Teams FAA temporary flight restrictions continue MBTA shut down; personal authorized to telework today Amtrak service in and out of Boston has been cancelled Schools and colleges are also shut down Federal Response: On April 17, President approved Emergency Declaration FEMA-3362-EM Media & law enforcement are reporting one suspect is dead & one other suspect is still at large The FBI, assisted by Boston JTTF, is serving as lead Federal agency FBI released multiple photos of two individuals suspected to be involved FEMA Region I remains partially activated to Level III, day shift only
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April 18, 2013 President Declares Emergency for Massachusetts April 18, 2013 Federal Aid Programs for Emergency Declaration for Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Related Links
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Massachusetts Office of the Governor Main Content State/Tribal Government: Massachusetts
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Geographic Information
If and when individual assistance money is approved for this disaster, it will be displayed here.441 Information is updated every 24 hours. If and when public assistance obligated dollar information is available for this disaster, it will be displayed here.442 Information is updated every 24 hours.
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property that is significantly threatened due to disasters or emergencies declared by the President Permanent Work (Categories C-G): Work that is required to restore a damaged facility, through repair or restoration, to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity in accordance with applicable codes and standards *Dollars Approved: Assistance dollars approved but not necessarily disbursed. *Dollars Obligated: Funds made available to the State via electronic transfer following FEMA's final review and approval of Public Assistance projects.
Comparing what FEMA said April-18 morning with their earlier version, to identify any new or corrected info, I see: 17+ in critical condition President visit Emergency declarations Status of agencies covering the area.
Below I copy-paste content of this report, of interest to me, in Evansville Indiana (SW corner of the state), day job with a company network which stretches north to Chicago area, with sites in East Central Illinois, and North Central Indiana, bad weather any of those places, or anywhere in between, can disrupt the network, and the computer operations dependent upon it. The Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion info will be placed in my Gas Boom notes, in 444 the same Critical Infrastructure collection as these Boston Bombing notes.. Significant Events: Explosions Boston, MA Midwest Spring Flood Season 13 Monitoring Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Significant Weather: Heavy snow- Central Plains to Great Lakes
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Thunderstorms/Severe thunderstorms Southern Plains & Lower Mississippi Valley to the Great Lakes Flash flooding possible - Southern Plains to Great Lakes Red Flag Warnings & Critical Fire Weather Areas: CA & TX Declaration Activity: FEMA-3362-EM Massachusetts (Boston Explosion) Boston Overview: POTUS visiting today April 15, 2:50 pm EDT, two explosions occurred near finish line of Boston Marathon 3 confirmed fatalities; MA EOC reports 176 injured & hospitalized (17 remain in critical condition) Blast zone remains closed to pedestrian & vehicular traffic Critical Infrastructure Impact: Boston Logan Airport open; remains on heightened security FAA temporary flight restrictions continue Boston Metro resumed service on all lines with exception of Copley Station State/Local Response: MA EOC remains at Level I (Monitoring) MA National Guard remains on site with 2 Civil Support Teams Federal Response - FEMA: Region I RRCC returned to Level III (Day Shift) to monitor POTUS visit LNOs have returned from MA EOC Emergency Declaration approved for 3 counties
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If you have visual images, video, and/or details regarding the explosions along the Boston Marathon route and elsewhere, e-mail them to boston@ic.fbi.gov. No piece of information or detail is too small. I thought that was the e-mail I sent to which bounced. Lets try again, direct from this site. Here is info from the bounce:
Boston@ci.fbi.gov (while not connected): 554 5.4.4 [internal] Domain >>> Lookup Failed
AHA I sent to ci, it should be ic. Lets see if try # 2 gets thru, then review this doc, fix any place which needs fixing, theu upload a revised edition of these notes. You can also call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3, with information. All media inquiries should be directed to the FBIs National Press Office at (202) 324-3691. - Remarks by Boston Special Agent in Charge, April 16, 2013 (p.m.) 447 The FBI Bostons Joint Terrorism Task Force, composed of more than 30 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including Boston Police, Massachusetts State Police, and ATF, HSI, United States Secret Service, and others responded to the scene. Many of them were already there as part of the general security for the marathon already in place. This morning the FBI, along with Boston PD, Massachusetts State Police, and ATF officially began its forensic evidence recovery effort at the site. Their goal was to recover physical items related to the blast. Those items have been recovered and sent to the FBIs Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. There, specialized examiners will reconstruct the device and determine its makeup and components. Among items partially recovered are pieces of black nylon which could be from a backpackand what appear to be fragments of BBs and nails possibly contained in a pressure cooker device.448 We are expediting this blast evidence to our Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia for a complete and thorough analysis. Away from the scene, yesterday afternoon, the JTTF began its investigation. Immediately after the bombing, the FBI initiated a command post. Those assigned to the JTTF, intelligence analysts, and other personnel from every state, local, and federal government agency associated with the JTTFand many others on
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM their own, including Boston PD and Mass State Policemore than 1,000 law enforcement officers across many agencieshave been assigned to this investigation via the command post. They began canvassing sources, reviewing government and public source databases, and conducting interviews with eyewitnesses and others to determine who is responsible for this crime. We are doing this methodically, carefully, yet with a sense of urgency. Already, the FBI has received more than 2,000 tips as of noon today, many of which have already been reviewed, analyzed, and vetted. Importantly, the person who did this is someones friend, neighbor, coworker, or relative. We are asking anyone who may have heard someone speak about the marathon or the date of April 15 in any way that indicated he or she may target the event to call us. Someone knows who did this. Cooperation from the community will play a crucial role is this investigation. We ask that businesses review and preserve surveillance video and other business records in their original form. And we are asking the public remain alert and to alert us to the following activity:
An individual who expressed a desire to target the marathon; Suspicious interest in researching how to create explosive device; The noise of explosions in remote areas prior to yesterday which may have been used as tests by those responsible; Someone who appeared to be carrying an unusually heavy, dark-colored bag yesterday around the time of the blasts and in the vicinity of the blasts.
- Statement by Attorney General Holder, April 16, 2013 449 The FBI has set up a tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI for anyone who has information, images, or details relating to yesterdays explosions along the Boston Marathon route. We are particularly interested in reviewing video footage captured by bystanders with cell phones or personal cameras near either of the blasts. In an investigation of this nature, no detail is too small. - Remarks by Boston Special Agent in Charge, April 16, 2013 (a.m.) 450 This remains a very active investigation. Our ongoing investigation in various locations throughout the area goes on. However, there are no known additional threats. We continue to interview various witnesses and process the crime scene, which could take some time. The citizens of Massachusetts and the city of Boston
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Boston Bombed on Patriots Day 2013 5/11/2013 11:41:28 PM should expect to see the FBI and its JTTF partners conducting investigative activity in the greater Eastern Massachusetts and Boston areas. Assistance from the public remains critical in establishing a timeline of events, which leads to swift conclusion through due diligence and strong investigative activity. We commend the public. We commend the citizens of Boston and the citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the information that has been provided to law enforcement so far. And we strongly encourage that assistance to continue. It is paramount to explain the FBI and our JTTF451 role to a greater extentthe volume of tips we have received and reiterating the resources we provide. We have received voluminous tips over the last 18 hours since the incidents. We have staffed our 1-800-CALL-FBI tip line and we continue to encourage individuals to contact that line with any additional tips. We are bringing additional victim assistance and Evidence Response Team resources from our Headquarters components and the field offices to Boston. And they are on site working as we speak, processing evidence at the crime scene. To the extent the crime scene still plays in Copley perimeterit continues to be a crime scene and may be that for days.
- Statement by President Obama, April 16, 2013 452 - Statement by President Obama, April 15, 2013 453
Map: crime scene perimeter [link] Press Release: Full City of Boston response [link] Mayor's Hotline: For families trying to locate loved ones, call 617-635-4500. TIPS: Call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) & choose prompt #3. Email: Boston@ic.fbi.gov Latest Updates: Follow @Boston_Police on Twitter for ongoing public safety updates.
That e-mail for Tips is the one which bounced when I tried to send them links to almost 200 photos.
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Comparing what FEMA said April-17 morning with their April-16 version, to identify any new or corrected info, I see: 3 confirmed dead 176+ injured/hospitalized Update on temporary shelters Add to list of gov agencies taking whatever action. Continuing status of agencies on the list.
Below I copy-paste content of this report, of interest to me, in Evansville Indiana (SW corner of the state), day job with a company network which stretches north to Chicago area, with sites in East Central Illinois, and North Central Indiana, bad weather any of those places, or anywhere in between, can disrupt the network, and the computer operations dependent upon it. Significant Events: Explosions Boston, MA Midwest Spring Flood Season 13 Monitoring Significant Weather: Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding Southern/Central Plains to Upper Mississippi Valley Freezing rain Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes Heavy snow Rockies to Upper Mississippi Valley Red Flag Warnings & Critical Fire Weather Areas: AZ, CA, NM & TX Earthquake Activity: M6.6 Papua New Guinea
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MA EOC returned to Level III (Partial Activation) at 7:00 a.m. EDT MA National Guard remains on site with 2 Civil Support Teams All shelters have closed (MEMA) NJ and MD EOCs returned to normal operations; TN EOC remains activated at Level IV (Localized Emergency/Enhanced; monitoring only) in response to Explosions. Federal Response - FEMA: Region I RRCC transitioned to Level III (Virtual RRCC continues) LNOs deployed to MA EOC Region I IMAT returned to Portsmouth, New Hampshire JFO US&R MA-TF1 available for deployment; supplied non-FEMA equipment to Boston law enforcement US&R LNOs deployed to MA EOC NRCC not activated NWC returned to Normal Operations at 5:00 p.m. EDT on April 16 National IMAT White stood down No additional requests for FEMA assistance Other Federal Response: Temporary flight restrictions remain in place in a radius of 1 nautical mile and from surface up to 2,000 feet National Targeting Center scrubbing all outbound flights from Boston and JFK for National security reasons FBI is lead agency working together with Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force Port of Boston remains at modified maritime security (MARSEC) Level II Nasty weather threatening my area high winds, storm front.
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Data from hospitals is higher than data from police. I suspect it is a matter of priorities, and the flow of info, where it goes from hospitals to multiple locations, including the Mayors office, then from Mayor to multiples, includ ing police. We are in the very early stages of the investigation. I saw at one of the press briefings that: (a) Busses are moving runners from where they ended up when the race was halted, to a support center to help them reunite with their families near the finish line. (b) National Guard is securing the cordoned off crime scenes around where the bomb blasts occurred, and where suspected secondary devices were found. These vital downtown Boston scenes are not accessible to normal traffic. We need to work out how local residents & workers (e.g. at the hotels) can get essential access. (c) There will be heightened vigilance for everyone the next day. (d) Government leadership appreciates the many stories they have heard about extraordinary kindnesses extended by Boston residents to the runners. (e) Both Civilians and First Responders rushed to help victims, immediately after the bomb blasts. (f) Over 100 injured, some gravely. (g) There are no suspects, yet. There are many people we are talking to. (h) Police are now on 12 hour shifts. (i) Many questions cannot be answered yet. The authorities do not want to add to the misinformation, with any speculation, or data from the investigations so far, which are active and very fluid. They cannot comment on specifics. (j) Prayers and Thoughts with the victims of all this.
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Slight risk for severe thunderstorms Central/Southern Plains & Ohio/Tennesee Valleys Red Flag warnings & Critical Fire Weather Areas: AZ, CO, NM & TX Space Weather: No space weather storms observed or predicted Tropical Activity: No activity threatening U.S. territories Earthquake Activity: M4.3 Oklahoma; M7.8 Iran Declaration Activity: None
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MA Emergency Operations Center remains at a Level 2 (Full Activation) MA National Guard has 634 personnel and 2 Civil Support Teams on-scene Of three temporary shelters, Boston remains open with unknown occupants The following States have activated EOCs; NJ, MD, &TN Numerous cities & mass-transit systems have implemented heightened alert & security measures
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New York Times main story New York Times Lede Blog, a live blog account of events surrounding the manhunt L.A. Times main story Washington Post main story Boston Globe main story Boston Globe map of manhunt locations Boston Globe profile of the suspects RT (Russian bilingual news) profile of the suspects. According to the piece, the father of the still-at-large suspect talked with his son about the bombing earlier this week BuzzFeed profile of the suspects New York Times profile of the suspects. Boston Police giving live update here AP reports suspects spent the night in Honda CRV NPRs round up on information on suspects Much-discussed CBS News interview with suspects uncle, Ruslan Tsarni Eli Lakes Daily Beast article regarding a Youtube account belonging to one Tamerlan Tsarnaev. (A person by that name was suspected of involvement in the bombings, and killed this morning during a shootout with Boston police.) The account apparently includes links to videos by a radical Islamists. Slate also has coverage on the Youtube account. NBC New Yorks report to the effect that Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year, via New York City, for six months. Izvestia, a Russian newspaper, has this interview with Anzor Tsarnaev, father of the two bombing suspects and a resident of Dagestan. In the piece, Anzor says that his sons were framed; that he spoke to the elder, Tamerlan, just after the bombing; that Tamerlan was happily married to an American woman before his death; and that both Tamerlan and Dzhokhar remain Russian citizens. [In Russian but translatable via Google; Slate has an English-language summary here, too.] Reason magazine connects two Lawfare-relevant dots: one, Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs reported acquisition, last September, of American citizenship; and second, Senator Lindsey Grahams call, via Twitter, to hold the Boston bombing suspect as an enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes. The last thing we may want to do, Graham went on, is [sic] read Boston suspect Miranda Rights telling him to remain silent. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has this item on Grahams comments, along with explanations of why this may not be legally possibleand why Miranda might not be such a problem, in reality.
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As we approach the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of WW I,[1] consider how much technology, and international law, has evolved in the interim. The Great War is like an ugly bug. So also is the Drone War. Everyone wants to turn their head away and not look at the awful carnage of innocents, let alone acknowledge that our leaders condone and approve this. The death toll, in the Drone War, is not yet up to the scale of WWs, while both are mind-boggling. The USA contends that all of its drone strikes are legal, under the laws of war, and US domestic authority. Other nations disagree, and there have been a series of court cases to try to establish a precedent for drone strikes being illegal, except under much much tighter rules than those used today. It remains to be seen whether rulings by any foreign courts will have any impact on the USG488 contention, or whether the UN will do anything of substance from the UN investigations.[2] The previous 29 page UN report on targeted killing, not just drones, was treated by the USG as an academic exercise with zero meaning for US drone policies. Meanwhile, the latest UN conclusion is that the USG is in the process of legalizing terrorism.[3] This is a threat many people have observed as a risk of USG drone and assassination behavior, but now it is UN spokesperson official. In an interview with CNN, Mr Emmerson, the UNs special rapporteur on counter terrorism and human rights, said: If it is lawful for the U S to drone-kill alleged al-Qaeda associates wherever they find them, then it is also lawful for al-Qaeda to target US military or infrastructure wherever (militants) find them. As usual, USG & UKG489
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spokespersons say that it is legal for governments to kill anyone they please, but this is not legal for other actors to use the same kind of behavior. This verbal war of legal interpretations is on top of the blow-back of USG drone attacks on innocent civilians, soliciting more recruits for militant organizations interested in attacking USG interests.[4] Also, dictatorships like Iran, are provided with lots of ammunition for propaganda to their people about the Great Satan.[5]
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Pakistani Chief Justice Khan[13] heard arguments about whether American diplomats or CIA officials could be held personally liable for murder, as well as whether the Pakistani Air Force could shoot down drones. The Reprieve case[14] will be decided next week. This case was brought over the bus station attack,[15] which I compared to Ok City.[16] There is also a similar court case going thru the British courts,[17] because of the accusation that British Intelligence played a role in advising the USA where to do drone strikes, and victim families include British citizens. We have seen in other recent news that there is a verbal war between the State Dept and the Defense Dept regarding whether the American Ambassador to any nation has the authority to order the CIA or military to cease and desist from any drone strikes in that nation. Background info on Reprieve:[18] Reprieve,[19] based in Britain, promotes the rule of law around the world. It is unfortunate that American law sees nothing wrong with Mass murder of innocent civilians via government drones; Mass murder of first responders rushing to the aid of survivors of those attacks; USG effectively holding up middle finger to Supreme Courts of other nations, and to International Courts of Human Rights.
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can penetrate), is going to make it harder and harder for courts to hold anyone accountable. Nations need to improve their ability to shoot down any drone which does not yet have Air Traffic Control (ATC) permission to be in the air space it has been found in.[22] Lawfare, and the USAF492 ethics blog, occasionally write about the autonomous threat,[23] which ICRAC (International Committee for Robot Arms Control)[24] and others[25] have been warning about for some time. Breaking other news: [26] 2 explosions at finish line of Boston Marathon. No doubt this will get thousands of times more media coverage than the killing of innocents by USG drones. 493 NYC agrees to pay OWS494 for the destruction of private property by the [27] police.
As usual, if my footnote citations dont come thru, let me know so I can forward them. Al Mac = Alister William Macintyre Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/almacintyre Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108007903544513887227/about
So far, Hezbollah is the only officially non-state actor operating drones. Nations need to get their national defense act together before the Taliban and other similar adversaries have them. The issue is not IF they are going to get them, but WHEN they will get them, and use them. Pakistan statistics show that for every 1 innocent civilian killed by USG drones, there are a hell of a lot more killed by terrorist and suicide bombers. Pakistan is under almost daily bombardment by both the USG and USs enemies, but the victims cant tell much difference between the two. http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195184/reftab/36/Defau lt.aspx 492 USAF = United States Air Force. [23] http://afgeneralcounsel.dodlive.mil/2013/04/15/ken-anderson-on-law-and-ethics-for-autonomousweapon-systems/ [24] http://icrac.net/2012/11/dod-directive-on-autonomy-in-weapon-systems/ http://icrac.net/2011/12/new-scientist-campaign-asks-for-international-treaty-to-limit-war-robots/ http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-09/no-nuke-or-space-military-botspleads-arms-control-committee http://blog.tmcnet.com/robotics/2009/09/new-group-aims-to-curb-military-use-of-robots.html [25] http://www.scribd.com/doc/115182066/Drone-Robots-Al-Mac
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of these notes495 to Scribd Critical Infrastructure collection,496 and to CollectionDisasters on Google. Other content in my Scribd Critical Infrastructure collection497 includes: Economy disaster, how come? Epidemic of USA gas explosions, due to pipeline infrastructure falling apart. Solution Ideas = collection of proposed solutions to random problems. Weather Science in Haiti, explaining series of crises. I also added some uploads from other people about the Boston Marathon 2013 Bombing.498 The footnotes in brackets are from the drone news I was following right before I found out about the Boston news. I left it in here, because it is too soon to know if there is a relationship between: Reasons given for the Boston Bomber attacks. Reasons why the USA is angering a lot of people all over the world, people who seek redress of their grievances through a broken international law court system, not via war. There are also footnotes in brackets from the copies of the e-mails I sent the FBI. There has continued to be an outpouring of info about the topic, but I have managed to get distracted by life, work, other topics, so that while I have added lots of info since prior sharings of my notes, I know that they are far from complete in multiple areas.
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Often there is fast breaking news on topics which later turn out to be totally unrelated. But we dont know early on in investigations what is related, what is not, so it is convenient for me to keep in one document my notes on whats happening contemporaneously, which is at an equivalent level of seriousness from a National Security perspective. Later, I can separate the stuff into relevant documents, assuming I want to keep my notes.
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I have fallen behind in digesting news on the Boston Bombing, thanks to distractions with real life, and day job responsibilities. I expect in the near future to be uploading another revision of School Children Abduction Scandals,500 because I am getting a lot more info on the Ohio Cleveland Kidnap story, and theres also other developments. I believe we can learn from the Boston Bombing aftermath (sharing videos with FBI), and recent advances in computer technology, to improve the Amber Alert response to abducted children, and so I am writing that up in my School Children notes. I also expect in near future to upload another revision of Solution Ideas,501 because once again I am seeing parallels in missed opportunities, between Boston Bombings, School Children Abductions, Cyber Crime Epidemic, and other modern day crises, where some simple revisions in our infrastructure should provide massive mitigation across the board. In the next edition, notice new chapters sections: Extend Common Carrier, to improve Internet civil liberties; Improve Info for Investigations importance of authorities having a better understanding about Crime Enablers and Dirty Data; Improving Technology to Improve Justice. Version 1.31 uploaded late nite May-11, 126 pages thru start of latest revision statistics (thats 25% growth since prior share 2/3 of a month earlier) 533 (500+33) footnotes (205 growth) 1.8 Meg Doc; Scribd shows 10k reads of all prior versions of this doc (it was k as of prior version), 59K reads collectively of all that I have uploaded = 53 documents. At end of chapter headings is vintage how recently I updated them. Apr 22-C = what I added to this afternoon. Apr 22-B = what I added to this morning. Apr 22 = what I added to in wee hours. Apr 21 = what I added to yesterday. Approx 1 week anniversary, latest additions:
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Version 1.2 uploaded approx 2 pm my time (3 am EDT) Apr 22 (close to the moment of silence); 101 pages; 444 (411+33) footnotes; 1.5 Meg Doc; 668k PDF. 474 Scribd reads before and after I replaced version, 23 me, 451 others. 1.1 to 1.2 got 35 reads in 12 hours or about 3 an hour. Approx 10% increase vs. wee hours version. Version 1.1 uploaded approx 2 am my time (3 am EDT) Apr 22 or I have messed up with my arithmetic. 15-16 17 18 19 20 21 is 6 days @ 24 hours, and 3 pm to 3 am is 12 hours, so it is now 156 hours since the bombing lets quit tracking this data point. V 1.1: 92 pages; 419 (386+33) footnotes; 1.4 meg Doc; 626k PDF; TOC almost 3 pages. 436=>439 Scribd reads as I replaced version, adjusted tags to include relevant geography and other info about the brothers Grimm. 23 me, 416 others. 1.0 to 1.1 got 41 reads in 7 hours or about 6 an hour rate, climbing again, or it may just be time of day. Approx 5% increase vs. earlier in evening version. Version 1.0 uploaded approx 7 pm my time (8 pm EDT) Apr 21 or 125 hours after bombing: 88 pages; 398 footnotes (365+33); 1.3 Meg Doc; 602k PDF; 2 pages TOC. 393-395 Scribd reads as I replaced version, so 20 me, 375 others. V0.9 to 1.0 got 33 reads in 9 hours, which is an increase to 3 an hour rate, from earlier shares. Approx 5% increase vs. morning version. Version 0.9 uploaded just after 10 am my time (11 am EDT) Apr 20 or 116 hours after bombing: 83 pages; 363 footnotes (330+33); 1.28 Meg Doc; 569 PDF. 358-360 Scribd reads as I replaced version, so 18 me, 342 others, overall 3 an hour, with V 0.8 to 0.9 getting 21 reads in 14 hours = 1 an hour, overnite. Approx 15% increase vs. prior day version. Version 0.8 upload just before 8 pm my time (9 pm EDT) Apr 19 B or 102 hours after bombing: 72 pages; 320 footnotes (287+33); 1 meg Doc; 503k PDF. 335-337 Scribd reads during my replacing latest version, so 16 me, 321 other people, about 3 reads an hour, with from V 0.7 to 0.8 having 19 in 4 hours or 5 an hour, in early evening. Marginal increase vs. version, earlier in day. Version 0.7 upload just after 4 pm my time (5 pm EDT) Apr 18, or 98 hours after bombing: 68 pages; 296 footnotes (263+33); TOC is now 2 pages; 946k Doc; 467k PDF. Scribd had 314-316 reads as I adjusted description, and uploaded latest revision, so 14 me, 302 other people, approx 3 reads an hour overall, and from V 0.6 to 0.7 had 23 reads in 18 hours, about 1 an hour. Approx 10% increase vs. prior day version. 127 Boston Bombed / Ricin to Washington DC / Nat Sec
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Version 0.6 upload 11 pm my time (midnite EDT) Apr 18, or 80 hours after bombing: 61 pages; 267 footnotes (234+33); 831k Doc; 389k PDF. Scribd had 289-291 reads, so 12 me, 279 other people, maybe 3 an hour overall. V 0.5 to 0.6 had 11 reads in 6 hours, about 2 an hour, in the evening. Marginal increase vs. version, earlier in day. Version 0.5 upload approx 4 pm my time (5 pm EDT) Apr 18, or 74 hours after bombing: 58 pages; 255 footnotes (222+33); TOC almost 2 pages; 786k Doc; 385k PDF. Scribd had 276-278 reads, so 10 reads my total, 268 other people, maybe 4 an hour overall. V 0.4 to 0.5 had 23 reads in 18 hours, about 1 an hour. Approx 20% increase vs. prior day version. Version 0.4 upload almost midnite my time April-17 evening, or 56 hours after bombing: 48 pages; 225 footnotes (198+27); 643k Doc; 315k PDF. Scribd had 250 reads before I uploaded this new edition, 253 after both upload and adjust description, so 8 reads total by me, 245 by other people, approx 5 an hour overall. V 0.3 to 0.4 had 73 reads in 24 hours, or about 3 an hour. Approx 20% increase vs. prior day version. Version 0.3 uploaded almost midnite my time April-16 evening, or 32 hours after the bombing = 40 pages; 202 footnotes (175+27); 535k Doc; 249k PDF. After uploading this, the count was 177 reads of this at Scribd. Five have been me, so thats 172 reads by other people. Thats an average of approx 5 an hour overall. V 0.2 to 0.3 had 48 reads in 13 hours, or about 4 an hour. Approx 30% increase vs. prior day version. Version 0.2 uploaded approx 25 hours after the bombing, just after 3 pm my time = 31 pages; 163 footnotes (136+27); TOC just over 1 page; 412k Doc; 192k PDF. Between uploading version 0.1 and 0.2, there had been 122 reads, of these research notes on Scribd, which I believe is a count of how many people have looked at it in the 19 hours it was there so far, or approx 10 an hour.502 I see 124 reads. Two are mine, from time of each upload so far. Approx 200% increase vs. prior day version. Version 0.1 launch approx 6 hours after the bombing = 9 pages; 54 footnotes (30+24); 9 TOC; 137k Doc; 81k PDF. I had found out about it about 1 hour after it happened.
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