3 Friends Of Boston Bombing Suspect Charged

Two are charged with conspiring to destroy evidence linking their friend to the deadly blasts; the third, with lying to investigators.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

BOSTON — Just hours before one of the Boston Marathon suspects and his brother allegedly gunned down a campus police officer, authorities say he exchanged a series of text messages with a friend who'd become suspicious after seeing what looked like a familiar face being flashed on television. Dias Kadyrbayev, a student at the University of

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When Counterterrorism Is Terrorism, Who Deems The State Radical: Rationalizing Government Radicalization

Edward Rhymes The past few days we have heard a great deal about radical Islam and the supposed radicalizing of the Tsarnaev brothers. Much has been said, for example, about the influence of “radical Islam” in Chechnya in the evolution of these two young men from laid-back characters to alleged killers. There has even been […]

Edward Rhymes
By Edward Rhymes

Edward RhymesThe past few days we have heard a great deal about radical Islam and the supposed radicalizing of the Tsarnaev brothers. Much has been said, for example, about the influence of “radical Islam” in Chechnya in the evolution of these two young men from laid-back characters to alleged killers. There has even been speculation that this was

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Journalism Could Be Vehicle For Peace and Justice — Boston Bombing Coverage Proves Otherwise

Carissa Wyant If it’s not confirmed, don’t report it. It’s one of the very first rules that aspiring journalists learn to live by. So if this is one of the cardinal rules of journalism, why in recent tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombing, has the media gotten so many details wrong in reporting on […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant

Carissa WyantIf it’s not confirmed, don’t report it. It’s one of the very first rules that aspiring journalists learn to live by. So if this is one of the cardinal rules of journalism, why in recent tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombing, has the media gotten so many details wrong in reporting on the event? Have journalistic principles and

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