The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Libertarian pundit Justin Raimondo has written a splendid analysis of the Boston bomber’s overseas and other connections in his column today. The bad news is he makes a convincing case they did indeed have not only Islamic extremist connections but also connections to the Chechen mafia – a very bad mix of especially vile people. …
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7 biggest unanswered questions over Boston Marathon bombings Bombing Suspect Called Mom Moments Before Deadly Shootout Another friend, Zach Bettencourt, even asked Tsarnaev about the bombings. “I talked to him in the gym about the bombing and he was like, ‘Yeah man, tragedies happen all the time,’” Bettencourt said. The night after the bombing, Tsarnaev …
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OPEN SOURCE WARFARE never goes away Boston is a reminder that: Open source warfare doesn’t ever go away. It can be revived with a terrible suddenness, as we saw at the Boston Marathon. The grievances and motivations for attacks never die. They can always find a corner of the Web to fester and grow, in …
Boston Marathon Bombing EXTRACT: What strikes me about the event is the ease with which authorities were able to lockdown entire metropolitan areas, preventing US citizens from leaving their homes in order to go to their jobs, to doctor’s appointments, to the grocery store, or to walk their dogs. This is a precedent. It sets …
Self-Organized Crisis Response to #BostonMarathon Attack I’m going to keep this blog post technical because the emotions from yesterday’s events are still too difficult to deal with. Within an hour of the bombs going off, I received several emails asking me to comment on the use of social media in Boston and how it differed to …
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Analyzing Fake Content on Twitter During Boston Marathon Bombings As iRevolution readers already know, the application of Information Forensics to social media is one of my primary areas of interest. So I’m always on the lookout for new and related studies, such as this one (PDF), which was just published by colleagues of mine in India. The study …
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Not the best source, but worth factoring into the over-all picture. Iran says bombing will be used as excuse to attack Reza Kahlili WND, 2 May 2013 New reports reveal Iran believes the United States will use the Boston bombings as a pretext for attacking the Islamic regime. . . . . . . . …
