Showing posts with label Bombing. Show all posts
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February 13, 2016

Plane Sabotaged In Somalia



Newly-released footage shows two men handing a laptop to a passenger after he passed through security. One of the two men is wearing a security jacket.

[From article
Surveillance video that investigators believe captured the handoff of an explosive-wired laptop that blew a hole in the side of a Somali jetliner could prove the bombing was an inside job, sources told Fox News.
The explosion on board Daallo Airlines Airbus A321 at 11,000 feet Tuesday killed the suspected bomber, who was sucked out of the plane, and forced an emergency landing.
A source close to the investigation showed Fox News the security video from Mogadishu’s airport, which shows two men, one an airport worker in an official reflective vest, passing the laptop to the bombing suspect in the airport terminal after he passed through a security checkpoint and shortly before he boarded.
The source said investigators, including several from the FBI brought in at the Somali government’s invitation, believe they have identified that all three men. They are believed to be from Hargeisa, in the disaffected area of Somaliland, which has been contesting sovereignty with the Somali government. That is a departure from initial suspicions that the bombing was carried out by the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist terror group Al Shabaab.
In the security video, an airport worker in a branded vest and a man casually dressed in white shirt and trousers, are first seen walking from the top to the bottom of the picture, along a walkway to the side of one of the airport’s open departure lounges. The man in the white shirt can be seen carrying a small laptop. Passengers can be seen waiting for their flights. This whole area is known as ‘airside’ – accessible only to passengers and airport staff who have gone through comprehensive security checks, including X-ray machines.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/02/07/investigators-find-video-possible-somalia-bomb-handoff.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29

Investigators find video believed to capture handoff of bomb used on Somali aircraft
By Paul Tilsley
Published February 07, 2016
FoxNews.com



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Photos of the damage to Daallo airlines taken after the emergency landing.
[From article]
This is the extraordinary CCTV footage of the suspected bomber of a Somali plane at the exact moment when he is being handed a laptop in which the explosives were concealed.
The video, released by Somali intelligence officials, shows a passenger being given a laptop by two other men, one of whom is wearing a security jacket, after he passed through security.
The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) believes the passenger is the suicide bomber who was blown from the Daallo Airlines jet creating a gaping hole in the fuselage and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing back at the Mogadishu airport.
[. . .]
It is believed the laptop-like device was the bomb that caused the explosion. The plane's pilot said that if the explosion happened when the aircraft was at a higher altitude it could have caused the jet to crash.
'There are investigations going on and about 15 people have been arrested so far in connection with the incident,' a Somali security official who asked not to be named told AFP.
'The initial investigation results indicate that the bomb was planted in a laptop and was carried by one of the passengers.
[. . .]
But on Saturday, following investigations by Somalia and international experts, Transport and Aviation Minister Ali Ahmed Jama blamed a bomb.
'Experts have confirmed the explosion that occurred inside the Daallo Airlines [jet] was not a technical problem but was a bomb that was intended to destroy the plane and kill all passengers onboard,' he said.
The man who was sucked out of the plane and plummeted to his death was believed to be a wheel chair bound suicide bomber identified as Abdulahi Abdisalam.
[. . .]
Mogadishu airport is heavily fortified and adjoins the capital's main base of the African Union mission to Somalia, the 22,000-strong force backing the government in the battle against Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab insurgents.
The insurgents have lost ground since being routed from Mogadishu in 2011 but continue to stage regular shooting and suicide attacks.
On Saturday, Somali soldiers backed by African Union troops recaptured the key port of Merka from the Shebab, just one day after the Islamists swept into the city, the army and residents said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3436426/CCTV-footage-shows-moment-suspected-bomber-Somali-jet-handed-laptop-explosives-concealed.html

How terrorist was handed a bomb AFTER clearing customs: Chilling Mogadishu airport CCTV shows moment Somali jet bomber was passed a laptop containing hidden explosives
Video shows suspected bomber being given a laptop at Mogadishu airport
One of the two men handing the device is wearing a security jacket
Explosives were concealed in the laptop according to Somali intelligence
The alleged suicide bomber was then sucked out of Daallo Airlines jet
Somali authorities arrested 15 people in connection to the incident
By GIANLUCA MEZZOFIORE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 18:22 EST, 7 February 2016 | UPDATED: 13:42 EST, 8 February 2016




December 5, 2015

Sixteen Killed In Cairo, Egypt Fire Bombing




[From article]
Two men who were denied entry to a nightclub later returned with others and firebombed it early Friday, setting off a blaze that killed all 16 people who were trapped inside by the smoke and flames, authorities said.
Terrorism was quickly ruled out as the cause of the attack at the El Sayad restaurant and club in Cairo's Agouza district.
Police were searching for six people suspected in the attack, which occurred after two of them were not allowed to enter the club, said Interior Ministry spokesman Abu Bakr Abdel-Karim.
After the two were refused entry, they "went and drank alcohol somewhere else," then brought four others with them, arriving on three motorcycles about 6 a.m., Abdel-Karim said. "They then threw a Molotov cocktail at the entrance of the place." No one who was inside the club survived,

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20151205_EGYPT.html

16 dead in nightclub firebombing
Posted: Saturday, December 5, 2015, 1:07 AM
AP

May 23, 2015

Did Tsarnaev Jury Over Charge?






Gentleman Vasquez, says, "Dzhokhar will now pay for the price of two in a battle of symbolisms." Writers have the license and freedom to speak in meaningless symbolic terms. Jurors are sworn to consider only the evidence to determine if the defendant violated the statutes in question. Suggesting all twelve jurors found the ungrateful murderous immigrant guilty of his brother's crimes is ludicrous. But it is typical of young minds subjected to relentless anti American propaganda in public schools like CRLS.

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150522/NEWS/150528741

Bridging the Gap column: Tsarnaev is paying for two
By Luis Vasquez
Posted May. 22, 2015 at 8:36 AM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

May 16, 2015

Boston Marathon Bomber Sentenced To Death



Left to right
Krystle Campbell, 29
Sean Collier, 27, MIT Policeman
Lingzi Lu, 23, Graduate Student at Boston University From China
Martin Richard, 8
All Killed By Tsarnaev Brothers in April 2013 

[From article]
A jury's ruling today to sentence marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death is "justice" and a warning Boston "will not tolerate terrorism," survivors and police said after the verdict.
"This is nothing to celebrate. This is justice," said first-responder Michael Ward. “He wanted to go to hell and he’s gonna get there early."
The verdict against Tsarnaev, who'll turn 22 in July, was announced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O'Toole Jr.'s courtroom clerk Paul Lyness. Tsarnaev showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost a third of her left leg in the bombing, told the Herald she's "happy with the verdict."
"My heart goes out to everyone in the survivor community and to the victims' families," she added. "It's still a lot to process right now."
Only three of the 12 jurors bought into the defense argument that Tsarnaev was influenced by his older brother Tamerlan. The jurors unanimously agreed that Tsarnaev showed no remorse for the marathon attack and its aftermath that killed four young people, maimed 17 and injured hundreds.
The jurors unanimously voted to put him to death for the week of terror.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/05/jury_sentences_dzhokhar_tsarnaev_to_death_for

Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack
Friday, May 15, 2015
By: Laurel J. Sweet, Joe Dwinell and Owen Boss
Boston Herald

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Anne Stevenson states, "we hope that Jahar has a road to redemption while he’s behind bars, which includes education and social interactions with others who can help him give peace to those he hurt." Stevenson arrogantly speaks for others, but does not reveal what children value the convicted mass murderer's life, as hinted in the headline. America granted him and his family asylum from an oppressive nation, showered them with gifts, gave them freedom. The brothers showed their gratitude by killing people who did him no harm. American veterans live in shelters and on the streets. What values are promoted by this essayist?

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150515/NEWS/150517388

Guest Column: Children of Cambridge value bomber's life
By Anne Stevenson
Posted May. 15, 2015 at 11:26 AM
Updated at 11:33 AM
Cambridge Chronicle

May 1, 2015

Boston Marathon Bomber, Capital Punishment Poster Boy




[From article]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a cold-hearted killer who shows no remorse for his acts whatsoever. He is so thoroughly indoctrinated into the principles of violent Islamism that “deprogramming” is beside the point. The point is: what is he likely to do with his remaining half-century or so in prison? With whom would he interact, and how? Beyond the addled women who will want to mother him because he’s so cute, or those who want to bear his children because they share his hatred, his primary interaction as the years go by will be with men younger than himself, many of whom are already fascinated by violence and have a rage burning inside against they know not what.
Who better to channel that rage than a man like Tsarnaev? He will be free to preach his vitriolic hatred for the next 50 years.
[. . .]
Rational people expect others to think as they do. This is a fallacy. If we harbor any such illogic, we need only listen to self-appointed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi, when he says, “how can …Bush, Obama, and Kerry obstinately claim that ‘Islam is a religion of peace,’ meaning pacifism?” He quotes the Qur’an in saying Islam is the religion of the sword, not the religion of peace, then says: “And fight them until there is no fitnah and the religion, all of it, is for Allah.” Pretty straightforward thinking: kill everyone who does not submit to their idea of God.
[. . .]
the coddling mother of the two men who killed and maimed that fateful day a year ago at the Boston Marathon. She has steadfastly maintained the illusion of both sons’ innocence, just two weeks ago claiming on Russian social media, “America is the terrorist and everyone knows it! My son is the best of the best.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/04/dzhokar_tsarnaev_no_better_argument_for_capital_punishment.html

April 29, 2015
Dzhokar Tsarnaev: No Better Argument for Capital Punishment
By Joseph L. Shaefer

April 22, 2015

Naturalized Citizen, Granted Asylum From Oppression, Convicted of 30 Felonies, Bombing of Boston Marathon, Four Homicides, Expresses His Gratitude



Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his jail cell.

[From article]
An unrepentant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev defiantly flipped the bird at a jailhouse surveillance camera in what prosecutors called a “message” to America just three months after he and his brother launched a deadly terror attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
Jurors who will decide whether the convicted terrorist will be put to death or rot in prison saw the disgusting video clip on Wednesday – and prosecutors said it clearly showed the self-proclaimed jihadi had zero remorse for the April 15, 2013 bombing that killed three and wounded more than 260 others.
“He’s simply callous and indifferent to human life. It’s his character that makes the death penalty appropriate and just,” prosecutor Madine Pellegrini told the jury.
Jurors saw a still image of the shocking photo on Tuesday, and the never-before-seen video was made public a day later, along with another clip showing him primping and fussing with his hair just hours before his first appearance in federal court on July 10, 2013.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/22/photo-reveals-defiant-tsarnaev-as-feds-argue-for-death-penalty/

Photo shows defiant Tsarnaev as feds argue for death penalty
By Bob Fredericks
New York Post
April 22, 2015 | 4:22am

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http://howiecarrshow.com/tsarnaev-flips-the-bird/

March 21, 2015

Prosecutor Due To Accuse President of Argentina, Found Dead, Journalist Missing



Argentine President Cristina Kirchner claimed that prosecutor Alberto Nisman (above), who died a day before he was due to accuse her of covering up a Jewish bombing in 1994, was murdered to 'implicate' her.

[From article]
An Argentine prosecutor who died mysteriously last week told a reporter prior to his death that he had evidence tying Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
The Washington Free Beacon first reported that Rouhani was part of the secretive Iranian government committee that approved the AMIA bombing, according to witness testimony included in a 500-page indictment written by the late Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was appointed to investigate the attack.
The bombing, which killed 85 and injured hundreds, is believed to have been authorized by Iran and carried out by its terror proxy Hezbollah. Nisman’s indictment implicated numerous high-profile Iranian officials in the attack and prompted Interpol to issue “red notices” for their arrests.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/argentine-prosecutor-rouhani-involved-in-amia-bombing-decision/

Argentine Prosecutor: Rouhani Involved in AMIA Bombing Decision
Said privately he had evidence Rouhani was involved in decision to authorize bombing
BY: Alana Goodman
Follow @alanagoodman
January 26, 2015 11:10 am

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[From article]
An Argentine prosecutor found dead shortly before he was about to make explosive allegations about President Cristina Kirchner took a bullet point-blank
to his forehead, justice officials said Saturday.
Authorities said Diego Lagomarsino, a computer expert and colleague who said he had brought prosecutor Alberto Nisman a handgun Saturday night at his request, has been barred from leaving Argentina.
Nisman was found dead with a bullet to the head in his Buenos Aires home on Sunday, just before he was set to go before a congressional hearing to accuse Kirchner and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman of shielding Iranian officials implicated in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people.
It was Argentina's worst terror attack in modern history. It has never gone to trial fully. Several pretrials were cancelled amid serious irregularities involving judges and Argentine intelligence staff.
Investigators, who initially said Nisman appeared to have committed suicide, have not ruled out homicide or "induced suicide."
[. . .]

http://news.yahoo.com/colleague-slain-prosecutor-barred-leaving-argentina-215640674.html;_ylt=AwrTWf0KR8RUDUYAlBXQtDMD

Argentine prosecutor shot point blank in forehead: official
January 24, 2015
Yahoo News

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Firefighters and rescue workers search through the rubble of the Buenos Aires Jewish Community centre in this July 18, 1994 picture after a car bomb rocked the building, killing 84 people and injuring 300 others.

[From article] The journalist credited with being the first to to report the shooting dead of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman has vanished.


Missing: Damian Pachter told his employer on Friday he was followed by unknown people and feared for his safety.
Damian Pachter, of the English-language Buenos Aires Herald, reported on Friday he was followed by unknown people and feared for his safety but did not elaborate, his employer said.
Mr Nisman was found dead last Sunday, the day before he was to testify before congress about his explosive allegations that President Cristina Kirchner shielded Iranian officials wanted in the South American country's biggest terrorist attack.
The official in charge of investigating his death said last night that he appeared to have been shot at point blank range but added that there was no firm evidence that anyone else was involved.
[. . .]

Sara Garfunkel, mother of late prosecutor Alberto Nisman, leaves the office of prosecutor Viviana Fein, who is investigating Nisman's death, on Thursday.

Kirchner argued that Alberto Nisman did not commit suicide, but was instead killed in an 'operation' against her government.
Mr Nisman, the lead prosecutor in the case, was found dead under suspicious circumstance with a gunshot to his head at his home.
Prosecutor Viviana Fein, who is leading the investigation into his death, said yesterday that the shot had been fired 'from a distance no greater than a centimetre'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2925205/Journalist-reported-suspicious-death-prosecutor-set-accuse-Argentine-president-bombing-cover-vanishes-saying-feared-safety.html

Journalist who reported suspicious death of prosecutor found shot at point blank range and set to accuse Argentine president of bombing cover-up 'vanishes' after saying he feared for his safety
Damian Pachter is believed to be first to report Alberto Nisman's death
Journalist told employer he was followed and feared for his safety
Prosecutor was found dead at his home with a gunshot wound to his head
Officials say that he was apparently shot from point blank range
He was to accuse the president of shielding Iranians implicated in bombing
Investigators suspect Nisman killed himself, but have not ruled out murder
By JENNY STANTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 21:18 EST, 24 January 2015 | UPDATED: 08:59 EST, 25 January 2015


February 26, 2015

Tribute To Victims Of Paris Cartoonist Bombing Closed For Third Time Due to Muslim Terror Threats




[From article]
The Finnish Comics Society is having a hard time finding a venue for its exhibition honouring the cartoonists killed in the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in Paris, reports the daily Helsingin Sanomat.
The show entitled "I am Charlie", was on Monday closed for a third time amid security concerns. The display had only been open for about 15 minutes at Library 10 in the Helsinki’s main post office building.
Originally the exhibition had been on display at another library in the Arabianranta neighbourhood, but was moved last week to the Rosebud bookshop in the city centre.
In all three cases, the building owners had asked to have the show closed because of safety worries – particularly following last week’s attacks in Copenhagen.

http://yle.fi/uutiset/i_am_charlie_exhibit_forced_to_close_in_helsinki/7826592

24.2.2015 16:14 | updated 24.2.2015 16:22
'I am Charlie' exhibit forced to close in Helsinki
The exhibit includes work by 10 leading Finnish cartoonists, paying tribute to their colleagues killed in the French terror attack.

February 23, 2015

Argentine Prosecutor Found Dead Reported That Iran Was Behind Bombing in 1994



Rubble of the Buenos Aires Jewish Community center, July 18, 1994
AP

[From article]
An Argentine prosecutor who died mysteriously last week told a reporter prior to his death that he had evidence tying Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
The Washington Free Beacon first reported that Rouhani was part of the secretive Iranian government committee that approved the AMIA bombing, according to witness testimony included in a 500-page indictment written by the late Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was appointed to investigate the attack.
The bombing, which killed 85 and injured hundreds, is believed to have been authorized by Iran and carried out by its terror proxy Hezbollah. Nisman’s indictment implicated numerous high-profile Iranian officials in the attack and prompted Interpol to issue “red notices” for their arrests.
Nisman, who was found shot in the head in his apartment just hours before he was scheduled to provide testimony against Argentine President Cristina Kirchner last Monday, had denied the Free Beacon story in 2013 and suggested that Rouhani played no role in the attack.
“There is no evidence, according to the AMIA case file, of the involvement of Hassan Rouhani in any terrorist attack,” Nisman told the Times of Israel in response to the article.
However, Nisman said privately he had evidence that Rouhani was involved in the decision to authorize the bombing, according to Miami Herald reporter Andres Oppenheimer.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/argentine-prosecutor-rouhani-involved-in-amia-bombing-decision/

Argentine Prosecutor: Rouhani Involved in AMIA Bombing Decision
Said privately he had evidence Rouhani was involved in decision to authorize bombing
BY: Alana Goodman Follow @alanagoodman
January 26, 2015 11:10 am

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Alberto Nisma
Reuters
[From article]
The Argentine prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez of orchestrating a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center has been found dead in his apartment, authorities said on Monday.
Alberto Nisman, who had been delving into the blast at the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, said last Wednesday Fernandez had opened a secret back channel to a group of Iranians suspected of planting the bomb.
He had said the scheme intended to clear the suspects so Argentina could start swapping grains for much-needed oil from Iran, which denies any connection with the bombing.
[. . .]
Argentine Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich had said Nisman's allegations were "crazy, absurd, illogical, irrational, ridiculous, unconstitutional".

http://news.yahoo.com/argentine-prosecutor-accused-fernandez-iran-plot-found-dead-073033179.html

Argentine prosecutor who accused Fernandez of Iran plot found dead
By Sarah Marsh and Maximiliano Rizzi
January 19, 2015


December 2, 2014

Judge Rules Defamation Suit Against Glenn Beck May Continue




[From article]
A federal judge has rejected a bid by conservative commentator Glenn Beck to toss out a libel lawsuit filed by a Saudi student Beck repeatedly accused of funding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris said the suit brought by Abdulrahman Alharbi could go forward notwithstanding claims by Beck, his website The Blaze.com, and firms connected to his radio show that the Saudi's role in events near the finish line of the marathon made him a public figure. If deemed a public figure, Alharbi would have found it difficult or impossible to proceed with the suit since he would need proof of actual malice: namely, that Beck intentionally lied or recklessly disregarded the truth.
[. . .]
"Choosing to attend a sporting event as one of thousands of spectators is not the kind of conduct that a reasonable person would expect to result in publicity. Quite to the contrary, a spectator at an event like the Boston Marathon would reasonably expect to disappear into the throngs of others, never attracting notice by the press. Because he did not 'assume the risk of publicity,' Alharbi does not meet the definition of an involuntary public figure," the judge wrote.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2014/12/glenn-beck-loses-bid-to-dismiss-saudis-libel-suit-199438.html

Glenn Beck loses bid to dismiss Saudi's libel suit
By JOSH GERSTEIN | 12/2/14 1:24 PM EST

November 19, 2014

Palestinians Celebrate Bombing Of Synagogue, CAIR Has No Comment




CAIR has no comment.

[From article]
The hits keep coming in Israel, on the streets as well as the airwaves -- where yet another twisted tune from Palestinians praises the so-called "car intifada," in which Muslim radicals purposely drive into crowds of Israelis.
"Zionist run away, run away Zionist," go the lyrics to the latest song, which is accompanied by a chilling animated video and was first reported in The Jerusalem Post. "You are about to be killed by a car."
The song comes on the heels of another, similarly-themed tune called "Run Over the Settler," which also praises the disturbing trend that began on Oct. 22, when a Palestinian named Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shaloudi slammed his car into a crowded train station in Jerusalem in an apparently intentional act that killed a 3-month-old Israeli-American baby and an Ecuadorean woman in her 20s. It also comes as Israelis reel from a horrific attack Tuesday in a Jerusalem synagogue in which a pair of Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun slaughtered five people as they worshipped, in an incident that was widely celebrated in Palestinian territories.
[. . .]
But in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank, the attacks are being glorified in song, and in the words of leaders.
“Run them over, burn the next in line,” goes the song, sung by Anas Garadat and Muhammad Abu Al-Kayed and translated by Palestinian Media Watch. “Don't leave a single settler. Wait for them at the intersection. Let the settler drown in red blood.”
[. . .]
Local newspapers and television programs have used cartoon images to laud the killings, adding fuel to an already combustible situation.
[. . .]
Palestinian leaders continue to praise violent terrorists.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/11/19/sick-hit-parade-yet-another-palestinian-song-praises-running-over-jews/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29

Sick hit parade: Another Palestinian song praises running over Jews
Published November 19, 2014
FoxNews.com

November 15, 2014

Former Boston Police Supervisor Criticizes Abuses of Search After Marathon Bombing




Nothing  unusual here. Massachusetts police are out of control. That was clear from the revelations of the FBI helping criminals murder citizens who reported crime. Local and state police stood by and remained mute, except for a few extraordinary officers. The honest cops suffered recriminations from their colleagues. One committed suicide. In the aftermath of the marathon bombing police came from everywhere appearing in Watertown with or without jurisdiction. Even Harvard University campus police went there and were given awards by the Boston Celtics. Campus police jurisdiction ends at the property line. But that did not stop the Harvard cowboys from helping with the shootout with the Cambridge terrorist brothers. Massachusetts police and Harvard University police have had me under surveillance and harassed me for over 25 years. No legal reason. They do it because they can. Entire Massachusetts government apparatus stands by showing their relaxed rectitude while criminal police employees abuse a citizen.

[From article]
A former Boston police lieutenant-turned-academic slammed the law enforcement response in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings on Capitol Hill yesterday, saying civil liberties were ignored in the tense search for the suspects that brought the city to a halt.
[. . .]
“What we saw in that aftermath was the unilateral suspension of the United States Constitution, and particularly the Fourth Amendment,” Nolan said.
He said the house-to-house searches and use of military equipment in the April 2013 manhunt for Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, unprecedented in recent U.S. history, “was violative of the Constitution and we failed to object.”
He noted that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was ultimately apprehended not through door-to-door searches but when a resident spotted him in a boat and called 911.
[. . .]
Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis called Nolan’s assertion “outrageous.”
“The comparison (to Ferguson) is actually insulting,” said Davis. “There have been no complaints filed, so the claim that there was some sort of constitutional violation is unsupported. It just isn’t logical.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/kimberly_atkins/2014/11/atkins_ex_cop_bomber_search_violated_constitution
Atkins: Ex-cop: Bomber search violated Constitution

Thursday, November 13, 2014
By: Kimberly Atkins
Boston Herald

September 14, 2014

Attorney For Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Impersonated an FBI Agent


[From article]
Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers were kicked out of Russia for pretending to be tourists and impersonating Federal Bureau of Investigation agents during interviews, U.S. prosecutors said.
The Russian government notified the U.S. that three visiting lawyers, who weren’t named, also refused to confirm their legal status while conducting their investigation, prosecutors said in a filing yesterday in Boston federal court. The U.S. government’s claim comes as defense lawyers seek to delay the trial, set for this year, until September 2015.
“At least some of Tsarnaev’s problems in conducting an overseas investigation arguably are of his own making,” prosecutors said.
[. . .]
Tsarnaev’s lawyers have never denied he carried out the attack on the Boston Marathon. The defense has said in court papers they will attempt to pin most of the blame on his older brother, Tamerlan, who died in a police shootout in the days after the attack. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was 26 when he died, was radicalized by Islamic extremism and influenced his brother, who looked up to him, the defense has said.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-12/boston-bomb-lawyers-impersonated-fbi-in-russia-u-dot-s-dot-says

Bomb Suspect’s Lawyers Impersonated FBI in Russia: U.S
By Erik Larson
September 13, 2014

August 11, 2014

US Sen. Graham (R-SC) Warns Of Muslim Attacks On U.S.



Muslims Attack World Trade Center September 11, 2001

[From article]
Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told “Fox News Sunday” that the well-funded, swiftly-strengthening organization, which has taken control of large parts of both Middle East countries, is a “direct threat to our homeland.”
[. . .]
Graham also argued that Islamic State’s nearly unchecked rise is the result of Obama failing last year to take action against the group in Syria, even after the FBI and other U.S. intelligence officials warned the White House and Congress of its growing, global threat.
[. . .]
"This ISIS is metastasizing throughout region. And their goal, as they've stated openly time after time, is the destruction of United States of America."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/10/graham-islamic-state-will-attack-on-us-soil-obama-must-stop-terror-groups-rise/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29

Graham: Islamic State will attack on US soil, Obama must stop terror group’s rise
Published August 10, 2014
FoxNews.com

July 25, 2014

Is This Any Way To Fight A War? Knock First, Then Drop Bomb?



[From article]
The "knock on the roof" is the Israeli military's warning for civilians before it fires on a building and is being used extensively as Israeli airstrikes target Hamas sites in Operation Protective Edge.
The Israeli Air Force developed the technique in 2009 as a way to warn civilians in Gaza to leave buildings it has identified as locations where Hamas keeps ammunition, a rocket stash or command post. But it is a controversial policy that has been criticized by human rights groups.
The procedure generally begins with a phone call to the occupants to leave a building, according to Relik Shafir, a retired brigadier general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a former fighter pilot.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/15/world/meast/mideast-israel-strike-warnings/

Israeli military's 'knock on roof' warnings criticized by rights groups
By Tim Lister and Salma Abdelaziz
CNN
July 15, 2014 -- Updated 2304 GMT (0704 HKT)

April 10, 2014

Misguided Report On Why FBI Failed To Stop Boston Marathon Bombings, Homicides




[From article]
It found that the Russian authorities shared the key information only after the tragic bombing took place.
“They found that the Russians did not provide all the information that they had on him back then, and based on everything that was available the F.B.I. did all that it could,” an American official told the Times.
It was still not clear, however, that authorities would have been able to thwart the attack if the additional information was provided.
“Had they known what the Russians knew they probably would have been able to do more under our investigative guidelines,” one official told the [New York] Times.

So it's the Russians' fault that the FBI did not prevent the Boston Marathon bombings. Huh? The Russians warned the FBI about Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The FBI determined that he was not a terror threat. Is that the Russians' fault? If there is a more misguided example of blaming someone else for one's own negligence I do not know where to find it. The police and the FBI keep me under 24/7 surveillance for 43 years. Not just surveillance, but also harassment, insults, provocations, sleep disturbances, computer, telephone and USPS mail tampering, ridicule, humiliation, and relentless character assassination. But the Tsarnaev brothers, highlighted by the Russian government, were not of interest to the FBI or the local police. Is there a problem with priorities of the criminals who rule the state of Massachusetts and the United States? Not mentioned in the report is that Political Correctness may have contributed to the failure to prevent the killing of innocents. Local police and the FBI have been intimidated from watching anyone who may be thought of as a victim. The governments in Massachusetts and Washington DC refuse to look at Muslims for fear of offending them. This is one more example of negligent priorities of the police. They have no fear harassing a 70-year-old white man who they say is "crazy." The same man that the FBI used to fight organized crime for 15 years and did not pay him. Is that evidence of dedicated criminals running the government, or just stupidity? 

http://nypost.com/2014/04/09/russia-didnt-share-crucial-info-on-boston-bombers-report/

Russia didn’t share crucial info on Boston bombers: report
By Joe Tacopino
New York Post
April 9, 2014 | 11:35pm

October 19, 2013

US Rep. Seeks Facst About What FBI Knew About Tsarnaev Brothers


[From article]
Grassley also asks why FBI agents were conducting surveillance in Cambridge’s Central Square on April 18, hours before authorities say the brothers ambushed and murdered Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus cop Sean Collier in his cruiser.
In a statement yesterday, the FBI, Boston Police and Massachusetts State Police denied having a bead on the Tsarnaevs before their desperate and deadly attempt to flee.
“Members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force did not know their identities until shortly after Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s death, when they fingerprinted his corpse,” the statement reads, adding that the Cambridge surveillance pertained to “a matter unrelated to the Tsarnaev brothers.”

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/10/fbi_invites_inquiries_with_its_secrecy_keating_says

FBI invites inquiries with its secrecy, Keating says
Saturday, October 19, 2013
By: John Zaremba
Boston Herald

June 16, 2013

Government, Media Silence Dissent and Criticism





[From article]
in a recent explosive exchange between Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and FBI head Robert Mueller. Gohmert asked Mueller if the FBI had monitored the terror mosque in Boston that had been attended by Boston Marathon jihad bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Gohmert wanted to know if the terror mosque where the jihad bombers received spiritual guidance had been monitored after warnings that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a dangerous jihadist came from not one but two foreign governments. Mueller’s answer was no, the mosque hadn’t been monitored, but FBI agents had engaged in outreach there – which to me was the money quote of the entire session, proving yet again that Muslim outreach is a deceptive distraction to advance taqiyya and disarm law enforcement and the body politic. Outreach equals submission.
[. . .]
It’s out of control. One can only liken it to the driverless stagecoach traveling at warp speed toward the edge of the cliff, while the passengers are drinking tea in the back, oblivious to everything. That is America.



http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/criminal-journalism/

DEFENDING THE WEST
CRIMINAL JOURNALISM
Exclusive: Pamela Geller blasts 'libelous' media coverage of effort to defend free speech
June 16, 2013

May 22, 2013

FBI Shoots Dead Florida Man During Questioning About Boston Marathon Bombing





This story adds that the man killed by the FBI was about to sign a statement about his involvement in the triple murder in Waltham when two Cambridge men were murdered. 



Confession: Todashev had allegedly admitted to being involved in a 2011 slaying and that he was preparing to sign a written statement based on his confession when he turned violent and was subsequently shot dead

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329001/Ibragim-Todashev-FBI-agent-fatally-shoots-suspect-Orlando-knew-Boston-Marathon-bombing-suspect-Tamerlan-Tsarnaev.html

Friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev shot dead by FBI after 'pulling a knife as he prepared to sign a confession to 2011 triple homicide'
Ibragim Todashev, 27, reportedly turned violent during an interview with an FBI agent
He was being interviewed over his ties to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Todashev, from Chechnya, was shot dead by the agent just after midnight Wednesday
He had reportedly confessed to the FBI that he played a role in a brutal triple slaying in the Boston area in 2011
Todashev had met Tsarnaev while he was living in Boston and last spoke him about a week before the bombing
He was arrested on May 4 in an unrelated incident after he knocked a man unconscious in a fight over a parking space
By HAYLEY PETERSON
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 07:03 EST, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 14:57 EST, 22 May 2013


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http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x83397053/Man-killed-was-reportedly-about-to-admit-role-in-Waltham-homicides?zc_p=0#axzz2U2WX1RqW

Man killed was reportedly about to admit role in Waltham homicides
By Staff reports
Wicked Local Waltham
Posted May 22, 2013 @ 12:31 PM
Last update May 22, 2013 @ 01:57 PM


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http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/justice/florida-fbi-shooting-boston/index.html

Man killed by FBI agent knew Tsarnaevs, official says
From Susan Candiotti,
CNN
updated 10:53 AM EDT, Wed May 22, 2013


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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130522/DA6EDTVO2.html

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
AP
May 22, 11:06 AM (ET)
By KYLE HIGHTOWER

May 18, 2013

Not Just Cambridge MA Schools Teach Hating America








In a very recent (May 2013) letter to the local Cambridge MA newspaper responding to comments by city officials regarding the school budget, I made some of the same complaints about Cambridge public schools where the two bombing suspects graduated from high school. Needless to say the local paper did not publish the letter. The reporters and editors are young and underpaid. But I also believe they are part of the group of two generations of public school students and university graduates who have been indoctrinated by the school system to hate America. In addition to the mindless and spineless politicians in Massachusetts and Cambridge I'm told that the Cambridge Police Commissioner has joined in the harassment I experience every day.

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williamns051513.php3#.UZeGXd00i6Y

Jewish World Review May 15, 2013/ 6 Sivan 5773
Hating America
By Walter Williams