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Boston Marathon Bombers Framed: FBI, DHS Prime Suspects

        bomb threat was called-in. Homeland                  For the remainder of April 18th, Governor
        Security and the Boston Police Dept.                 Deval Patrick authorized martial law for

        responded by sweeping the building                   more than a million proximal residents.
        and causing the postponement of the                  Twenty blocks of Watertown and Boston

        FBI’s press conference. The “code                    were shut down, including the public
        red” threat was the first in the library’s  transportation system, public institutions,
        history.                                             most businesses, Logan International

                                                             Airport, streets and the airspace above. At                 D
        On April 18th, the FBI scheduled a                   first, it was reported that cell phone service              E

        press-conference at 5:00 PM to unveil                was shut-down for many in Boston. This                      C
        the suspects. A press release was posted  was later refuted by cell phone companies                              E
        to FBI.gov, which accused who were                   but it is possible that “Emergency Wireless                 P

        soon known as the Tsarnaev brothers:                 Protocols,” SOP 303, may have allowed                       T
        “For clarity, these images should be                 the Federal government to have done it                      I

        the only ones—the only ones—that                     with the flick of a switch. Images of the                   O
        the public should view to assist us.                 illegal siege of Boston by the Federal                      N
        Other photos should not be deemed                    government permeate the Internet. Boston

        credible and unnecessarily divert the                Police Chief Linskey said “hundreds” of
        public’s attention in the wrong direction  homes were searched.

        and create undue work for vital law
        enforcement resources.”                              Overnight, it is said the brothers fired
                                                             at police officers on a Watertown

        That night, it is said the young men                 street. Officials and some who claimed
        shot police officer Sean Collier multiple  to have witnessed it described it as a

        times on MIT’s campus. The FBI’s                     “furious firefight.” The chase itself was
        official criminal complaint against                  corroborated by the Boston Police Dept.
        Dzhokhar, however, gives no details                  Its Police Chief said at least 200 rounds

        about the purported shooting and                     were shot. The brothers are said to have
        doesn’t discuss any possible motivation  left officer Richard

        for the random killing. It instead                   H. Donahue in critical condition
        whimsically jumps to a tale alleging the  during the purported exchange. Four
        brothers carjacked a black Mercedes                  improvised explosive devices allegedly

        ML 350, kidnapped the driver and                     were detonated by the suspects. One
        stole from him $800. After that, they                undetonated device reportedly was found

        purportedly robbed a 7 Eleven.                       inside the Mercedes, as well as two on
                                                             Laurel St. All three were declared the

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