Dealing with stray IEDs at home will never be easy. But, in a strange way, having those skilled in handling such horrors far from home can help those caught in their crossfire here at home fare better…
Morning Must Reads: April 17
In the news: Boston after the bombs, immigration proposal completed, Toomey-Manchin amendment vote, Margaret Thatcher, income inequality by New York subway station.
Richard DesLauriers: The Special Agent in Charge
FBI special agent Richard DesLauriers has rounded up Russian spies and traded them for American agents. It’s an experience that could prove useful in capturing the Boston Marathon bomber
Gun Bill’s Prospects Dim as Senate Struggles with Background Checks
A bipartisan deal to expand background checks is struggling to muster the 60 votes required to clear the Senate.
Obama Will Visit Boston For Memorial Service
The White House confirms the president will attend interfaith service for marathon victims
From Jerusalem to Boston: Learning to Live With the Threat of Urban Violence
The Daily Worry: how I learned to live with bombs in Turkey and Israel
President Obama Embraces the Word Terrorism a Day After
“Terrorism” is a politically fraught word. The President’s decision to embrace it has put him on the politically safer side of a linguistic problem that has bedeviled him for years.
A Short Recent History of Pressure-Cooker Bombs
Authorities are now saying the explosive devices used in the Boston attack were fashioned from pressure cookers. Here’s the bomb’s nefarious history in counterterrorism circles
President Obama’s April 16 Speech on Boston Marathon Bombings (Transcript and Video)
Full text of President Obama’s press briefing today on the Boston Marathon bombings.
Boston Poses Biggest Challenge Yet for Obama’s Seasoned Counterterrorism Team
How will Obama’s counterterrorism team respond to the Boston Marathon tragedy?
Obama: FBI Investigating Boston Bombings As An ‘Act Of Terrorism’
Obama confirms that the Boston marathon bombing was an “act of terrorism.”
“If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil—that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.”
— President Barack Obama today in the Press Briefing Room of the White House responding to the Boston Marathon attack.
The Day the Marathon Stopped: Tragedy in Boston’s Back Bay
Marathon Runner: “You knew right away it was a bomb. There was no doubt.”