LIVE BLOG: Boston Bombing

4/19/13 Please go here for our latest post: http://iroots.org/2013/04/19/who-are-these-terrorists/
This is an archive of past info on the Boston Bombing…

UPDATE 4/18 4pm: TEEN IDENTIFIED (IN PHOTO) IS NOT SUSPECT…FBI BRIEFING AT 5PM…
UPDATE: FBI releases video and photos of suspects. “Leaning more towards domestic attack…”

The teenage boy authorities once investigated as possibly being connected to the Boston Marathon bombing told ABC News today he was shocked to see his face pop up on television and all over social media.

Salah Barhoun, 17, said he went to the police yesterday to clear his name after he found himself tagged in pictures online. He had just gone to watch the race, he said, but soon after the explosions, he was singled out by internet sleuths as looking suspicious. Federal authorities passed around images of Barhoun, attempting to learn more information

MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/teen-boston-marathon-bomber/story?id=18990057#.UXBTUDk_6yH

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Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber

Yesterday, 4chan and Reddit users had already identified two suspects for the Boston Marathon bombing. Today, their findings were confirmed by the Government.

(CBS 4/17) “Sometimes the rules change. Sometimes dogma needs to be flipped: ‘Shut up and let the cops do their job’ in the case of a terrorist attack is exactly wrong,” Jason Calacanis, Internet entrepreneur, said in a blog post. Calacanis suggests that investigators should be combing through services like Twitter and video-sharing app Vine for clues.

Reddit users targeted at least three men, based purely on speculation. A link posted from photos-sharing site Imgur showed photos of the men collected on the website 4chan.

Crowdsourcing advocates have gone so as far as to say that hackers can do a better job than police because they are not restricted by considerations for people’s civil liberties — such as warrants.

(iroots.org) The question becomes, is this a victory for the free market (which I don’t deny!) and/or could we be entering a brave new world of the democratic witch hunt? Could government forces manipulate the direction that these seemingly transparent investigations take? All the more reason why the internet must remain free from government manipulation and control through bills like CISPA and SOPA.

UPDATE 4/18. Watch the video starting at 5:10.

LIVE BLOG AND STREAMS…Always be aware: “News” is simply what somebody wants you to know for very specific reasons. Just like someone said, “Democracy is just mob rule dressed up in a coat and tie.” Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of the Boston bombing and the earthquake in Iran.

UPDATE… 4/17/13 2:30PM No arrest has been made, CNN retracts…

4/17/13 1:30PM (CNN) — Investigators believe they have identified a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, a source who has been briefed on the investigation told CNN…
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