"FBI was warned of alleged bomber’s radical shift" by Mark Arsenault, Bryan Bender, Milton J. Valencia and Maria Cramer | Globe Staff, April 21, 2013
US Representative Stephen Lynch, whose district includes parts of Boston, said Saturday that he has a number of questions for US and Russian officials about what they knew about the brothers, and when.
Why? I was told everything was back to normal.
Of course, all this bric-a-crap will do is reinforce the conventional myth of what happened there -- just like 9/11.
Why? I was told everything was back to normal.
Of course, all this bric-a-crap will do is reinforce the conventional myth of what happened there -- just like 9/11.
“These are two relatively young men who don’t seem to have the ability to finance what I see going on,” Lynch said in an interview. “They seem to be very well supplied. How do these type of individuals like that get the training and resources to conduct an operation like this?”
It's usually an FBI informant.
It's usually an FBI informant.
Lynch, who sits on a congressional oversight panel on terrorist financing, says another key question is how the alleged terrorists became radicalized in the first place.
“Did that happen with direct foreign assistance, or were there mentors who guided them in this operation and inspired them?” he said.
Maybe a little of both, huh?
Maybe a little of both, huh?
Lynch, a Democrat who is running in the special election for a Senate seat, said investigators are also scrambling to learn more from the Russian government about why Tamerlan Tsarnaev gave them concern in 2011.
Why not ask the FBI? We were told they investigated it and came up with nothing.
Why not ask the FBI? We were told they investigated it and came up with nothing.
“What was the source of their inquiry? What suspicions drove that? It might have been his associations with individuals there. Were [Russian authorities] forthcoming with the FBI?”
Well, they did come forth and ask for an investigation by the FBI, so WTF? You trying to implicate the Russians?
Well, they did come forth and ask for an investigation by the FBI, so WTF? You trying to implicate the Russians?
Lynch added that he believes Congress must ultimately play a role in getting more answers and determining if the attack could have been stopped.
It was just a drill, Steve. The videos and pictures put out by the government and ma$$ media don't make sense.
It was just a drill, Steve. The videos and pictures put out by the government and ma$$ media don't make sense.
In response to written questions, Lynch’s primary opponent, Representative Edward J. Markey, whose district includes Watertown, said he has similar questions, including “whether the bombers had help in their deadly plans, why they struck our country, and what we can do to thwart future attacks.”
“As we saw on Patriots Day, terrorists are now turning their attention to targets that are more difficult to secure,” said the Malden Democrat, who has previously served on the House Homeland Security Committee....
Where were you, Ed?
Related: Senate Election Special: CLynching the Primary
Yup.
Where were you, Ed?
Related: Senate Election Special: CLynching the Primary
Yup.
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Where was Ed?
Getting interviewed by the Globe:
"A drive that stunned Markey’s family, and never ebbed; Representative came in as a rebel, then rose" by Noah Bierman | Globe Staff, April 21, 2013
Edward J. Markey....
Upon the turn-in I was greeted with "An insurgent's drive toward the reins of power."
I know American politicians and leaders are complicit in the deaths of AmeriKan soldiers by their lying us into war, and their failure to end them; however, I didn't know they were actively fighting and killing them. My paper and it's word choices stink.
opposed the Vietnam War and avoided the draft and overseas deployment by attending college and law school and enlisting in the Army reserves. The only jobs he would ever hold outside of politics were summer gigs as “Eddie the Ice Cream Man’’ selling Fudgsicles and Beatle Bars out of an ice cream truck and a stint as a substitute teacher....
He did the right thing on Vietnam, but took the George Bush route?
Vietnam and Army Reserve
But anti-Vietnam War fervor swept through Boston College during Markey’s junior year.
(Blog editor frowns, chin drops to chest, and he wipes away a tear when he considered where the colleges and kids are now. They are more interested in the latest gadget that acts as a spy. I remember a saying once: "It is hard to have a southern overseer; it is worse to have a northern one; but worst of all when you are the slave driver of yourself." And when you willingly and lovingly apply the shackles of tyranny to yourself thinking it's freedom is worst of all)
The Catholic college was not wracked by mass demonstrations or campus strikes at first. Students mounted subtler forms of protest, including no longer wearing jackets and ties to class. The doubts about authority there echoed the rest of the country, however, and grew as students saw neighbors go off to war and die.
Markey and his brothers avoided that risk....
Another campaign cudgel if Lynchie decides to use it.
The Army Reserve served as refuge for the lucky, and in some cases, the well-connected. Markey’s unit included Thomas P. O’Neill III, son of the House speaker, who later served in the state Legislature with Markey before becoming lieutenant governor; and Steven Grossman, the current state treasurer whose uncle ran a congressional campaign for Robert Drinan, an antiwar Jesuit priest.
Related: State Treasurer Threatened
See when he went pro-war?
“None of us wanted to be going off to a war that none of us were in agreement with,” said Richard Markey. “You either went to Canada or you got into a reserve unit.”
Yeah, but if you went to Canada you were denigrated. If you got into the reserve because of connections....
Ed Markey and his brother John said the representative never considered Canada.
Thinking of your political future even then?
Ed Markey said he would have gone to Vietnam if he had failed to win a spot in the reserve and been drafted. Markey’s campaign said he did not receive a draft notice until after he became a reservist, meaning it did not apply to him.
Asked if he sought a spot in the reserve to avoid combat, Markey said “it was more a question of knowing I could continue my law school education.”
The Dick Cheney excuse?
All three Markey brothers said they received no special help in securing their reserve positions. They just persisted until finally finding a spot....
Okay.
The Globe obtained a two-page synopsis of Markey’s Army Reserve records from the National Personnel Records Center, which shows he was discharged nearly a year before his six-year commitment ended, though such early separations were not uncommon by 1973 as the Army’s needs diminished....
At least 48 members of Markey’s class of 1968 at Boston College did go to Vietnam, including six who died in action, according to an online repository maintained by the BC alumni magazine.
One member of the class, Greg Bonner, now a marketing professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, said he trained as an officer after his local draft board refused to grant him a deferment for an additional year so he could become a premed major.
He served in the Navy, in the rivers of Vietnam....
I know some guys who did. They are missing fingers and stuff. Won't talk about it unless really drunk, and then only very quietly.
Drinan was serving as dean of BC Law School during his campaign and drew help from students to pound home his antiwar message. During the campaign, the war protests grew louder and more disruptive. Markey’s first-year law exams were canceled as students around the nation went on strike after the killing of four Kent State students and the wounding of nine others by National Guardsmen during a protest....
Related: US Quiet on Kent State Killing
What, ANOTHER INCIDENT the GOVERNMENT LIED ABOUT and will NOT INVESTIGATE?
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Also see: Endorsement: Markey Democrats’ best choice for Senate
Globe just gave him the kiss of death.
"Marathon tragedy tempers campaigning; Senate candidates taking a respectful approach on stump" by Wesley Lowery | Globe staff, April 21, 2013
As the city embarks on the road to recovery from the horrific Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing manhunt that left it partially paralyzed, the US Senate hopefuls in this month’s special election primary are returning to the political battlefield.
Should they really use that word to describe politics? What is with my war paper anyway?
But all five candidates agree: campaigning in the primary’s final 10 days will need to be delicate.
Republican hopefuls Daniel P. Winslow, Michael J. Sullivan, and Gabriel Gomez will all attend events and canvass neighborhoods throughout the weekend. The two Democrats competing in the primary, Representatives Edward J. Markey and Stephen F. Lynch, both said they are still holding off and probably will not resume campaigning until Monday.
Markey, whom polls show with a lead in the Democratic primary, declined an interview request. Campaign officials said the candidate was uncomfortable doing interviews while his campaign was suspended.
Translation: He's tying to hold on a few more days before the Lynch groundswell.
And if you think I'm pimping for Lynch, you really have to go read the links and the series. I don't like any of them.
When the Markey campaign does resume, it will avoid excessive canvassing, especially in the areas locked down during Friday’s manhunt, said Andrew Zucker, Markey campaign spokesman.
His opponent Lynch said he will be uncomfortable stumping even once the campaign resumes, and stressed that, for now, political events remain out of place.
Astute political move.
“It just doesn’t feel right yet,” Lynch said in an interview Saturday. “We had a terrible tragedy and my heart goes out to the affected families. We need to be respectful to them.”
Milking it.
Each of the Senate campaigns called off events and advertisements early last week....
While the Democrats remain on the sidelines, all three Republicans have been back on the trail, and plan to continue to campaign throughout the weekend at meet-and-greets, campus visits, and other appearances....
Gotta be tone-deaf, insensitive bastards.
In an interview, Lynch recalled his first congressional primary victory, which came in a vote cast on Sept. 11, 2001.
I've noted that. And now this gift.
Even as much of the nation sat glued to televisions, watching the horrific attacks in New York and Washington unfold, state leaders in Massachusetts urged voters to go the polls in the election, resulting in strong voter turnout.
“There was a call to arms in response to those attacks. I hope they’ll be a similar call to arms come April 30,” Lynch said. “The best way to defend Democracy is to participate in it.”
Ah, the good old days.
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Related:
In deference, Senate, mayoral campaigns halt
Candidates file to run for Boston mayor, City Council
Senate candidates resume campaigning, vow less sniping
Mass. Senate hopefuls explain gun views
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
Markey far ahead in race for funds
That's not going to decide this one, not in the wake of the Boston Marathon Bombings.
DEBATE UPDATE:
"In debate, Lynch hits Markey over national security votes; Grows animated as primary approaches" by Jim O’Sullivan | Globe Staff, April 23, 2013
Representative Stephen F. Lynch on Monday used the first US Senate debate since the Boston Marathon bombings to aggressively challenge Representative Edward J. Markey’s vote against forming the joint homeland security task force, which responded to the attacks, and his opposition to other key security measures.
Markedly more animated than in his past debate performances, Lynch repeatedly sought to depict Markey, the frontrunner in next Tuesday’s Democratic primary, as inattentive to the threat of terrorism.
Markey responded by pointing to legislation that he authored aimed at increasing security on cargo ships and at nuclear and chemical plants.
Yeah, but nobody hears that.
The debate, which aired on WBZ-TV and was co-sponsored by the Globe, signaled a return to the campaign trail for the Democratic candidates....
And I didn't watch.
National security and counterterrorism policy dominated the brisk, hour-long session, with both Democrats seeking to highlight their support for more stringent homeland security legislation. Lynch, who has been trailing in public polling, showed a newly pugilistic side....
Lynch challenged Markey on telecommunications, a policy field that has been one of Markey’s calling cards. The South Boston Democrat mocked Markey’s claims that he had worked to break up telephone and cable television monopolies, arguing that the market for service has left consumers with limited options.
Related: Meet the Next Senator From Massachusetts
Maybe not.
“The poor people of western Mass., they’re watching the Yankees tonight. They’ve suffered enough,” Lynch said.
Nice pitch, but.... did he mean that literally?
Both candidates also paid tribute to the bombing victims and their families, as well as the professional responders who worked to treat the wounded and track down the alleged terrorists.
Yeah, the politicians are required to worship upon the altar of lies.
In a sign of how thoroughly the state has been shaken and distracted by the attacks, lead moderator Jon Keller took a moment at the top of the debate to mention One Fund Boston, which is raising money to help the people most affected.
I hope they don't handle it like Bill Clinton and George Bush did with the billions for Haitian earthquake relief. All that money disappeared, and all the Haitians got out of of it was an expensive hotel for elites to stay at on stop-over as they spew carbon into the atmosphere with all their jet-setting. Now fork over that carbon tax for global warming that isn't even happening. It's STILL SNOWING in the MIDWEST!
After the debate, Lynch said the strategic decision to go on offense so vigorously was rooted in “what’s going on around us.” After the debate, a Lynch adviser said the new approach would continue throught the final week of the primary campaign.
“When you think about what these families went through, when you think about the importance of the decisions that the next US senator from this Commonwealth will make, it energizes me,” Lynch said, adding, “Sometimes the times find the person.”
Hmmm. George Bush and 9/11? The same day Lynch won his seat?
Lynch is friendly with the family of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the attack. Another victim, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, lived in Markey’s district....
Advantage: Lynch.
Lynch told Markey, “On fishing rights, I’m with the fishermen, you’re with the fish.” Markey later tossed back, “Steve is putting so many red herrings out here, we’re going to have to put an aquarium right here in the middle of the studio.”
Advantage: Lynch
Both candidates said they agreed with the Obama administration’s decision to try Dzhokar Tsarnaev, charged with killing people with a weapon of mass destruction, in a federal criminal court....
Of course. Gotta be tough on "terror."
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They will be debating in Springfield tonight? Think I'll blog instead.
Where was Ed?
Getting interviewed by the Globe:
"A drive that stunned Markey’s family, and never ebbed; Representative came in as a rebel, then rose" by Noah Bierman | Globe Staff, April 21, 2013
Edward J. Markey....
Upon the turn-in I was greeted with "An insurgent's drive toward the reins of power."
I know American politicians and leaders are complicit in the deaths of AmeriKan soldiers by their lying us into war, and their failure to end them; however, I didn't know they were actively fighting and killing them. My paper and it's word choices stink.
opposed the Vietnam War and avoided the draft and overseas deployment by attending college and law school and enlisting in the Army reserves. The only jobs he would ever hold outside of politics were summer gigs as “Eddie the Ice Cream Man’’ selling Fudgsicles and Beatle Bars out of an ice cream truck and a stint as a substitute teacher....
He did the right thing on Vietnam, but took the George Bush route?
Vietnam and Army Reserve
But anti-Vietnam War fervor swept through Boston College during Markey’s junior year.
(Blog editor frowns, chin drops to chest, and he wipes away a tear when he considered where the colleges and kids are now. They are more interested in the latest gadget that acts as a spy. I remember a saying once: "It is hard to have a southern overseer; it is worse to have a northern one; but worst of all when you are the slave driver of yourself." And when you willingly and lovingly apply the shackles of tyranny to yourself thinking it's freedom is worst of all)
The Catholic college was not wracked by mass demonstrations or campus strikes at first. Students mounted subtler forms of protest, including no longer wearing jackets and ties to class. The doubts about authority there echoed the rest of the country, however, and grew as students saw neighbors go off to war and die.
Markey and his brothers avoided that risk....
Another campaign cudgel if Lynchie decides to use it.
The Army Reserve served as refuge for the lucky, and in some cases, the well-connected. Markey’s unit included Thomas P. O’Neill III, son of the House speaker, who later served in the state Legislature with Markey before becoming lieutenant governor; and Steven Grossman, the current state treasurer whose uncle ran a congressional campaign for Robert Drinan, an antiwar Jesuit priest.
Related: State Treasurer Threatened
See when he went pro-war?
“None of us wanted to be going off to a war that none of us were in agreement with,” said Richard Markey. “You either went to Canada or you got into a reserve unit.”
Yeah, but if you went to Canada you were denigrated. If you got into the reserve because of connections....
Ed Markey and his brother John said the representative never considered Canada.
Thinking of your political future even then?
Ed Markey said he would have gone to Vietnam if he had failed to win a spot in the reserve and been drafted. Markey’s campaign said he did not receive a draft notice until after he became a reservist, meaning it did not apply to him.
Asked if he sought a spot in the reserve to avoid combat, Markey said “it was more a question of knowing I could continue my law school education.”
The Dick Cheney excuse?
All three Markey brothers said they received no special help in securing their reserve positions. They just persisted until finally finding a spot....
Okay.
The Globe obtained a two-page synopsis of Markey’s Army Reserve records from the National Personnel Records Center, which shows he was discharged nearly a year before his six-year commitment ended, though such early separations were not uncommon by 1973 as the Army’s needs diminished....
At least 48 members of Markey’s class of 1968 at Boston College did go to Vietnam, including six who died in action, according to an online repository maintained by the BC alumni magazine.
One member of the class, Greg Bonner, now a marketing professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, said he trained as an officer after his local draft board refused to grant him a deferment for an additional year so he could become a premed major.
He served in the Navy, in the rivers of Vietnam....
I know some guys who did. They are missing fingers and stuff. Won't talk about it unless really drunk, and then only very quietly.
Drinan was serving as dean of BC Law School during his campaign and drew help from students to pound home his antiwar message. During the campaign, the war protests grew louder and more disruptive. Markey’s first-year law exams were canceled as students around the nation went on strike after the killing of four Kent State students and the wounding of nine others by National Guardsmen during a protest....
Related: US Quiet on Kent State Killing
What, ANOTHER INCIDENT the GOVERNMENT LIED ABOUT and will NOT INVESTIGATE?
--more--"
Also see: Endorsement: Markey Democrats’ best choice for Senate
Globe just gave him the kiss of death.
"Marathon tragedy tempers campaigning; Senate candidates taking a respectful approach on stump" by Wesley Lowery | Globe staff, April 21, 2013
As the city embarks on the road to recovery from the horrific Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing manhunt that left it partially paralyzed, the US Senate hopefuls in this month’s special election primary are returning to the political battlefield.
Should they really use that word to describe politics? What is with my war paper anyway?
But all five candidates agree: campaigning in the primary’s final 10 days will need to be delicate.
Republican hopefuls Daniel P. Winslow, Michael J. Sullivan, and Gabriel Gomez will all attend events and canvass neighborhoods throughout the weekend. The two Democrats competing in the primary, Representatives Edward J. Markey and Stephen F. Lynch, both said they are still holding off and probably will not resume campaigning until Monday.
Markey, whom polls show with a lead in the Democratic primary, declined an interview request. Campaign officials said the candidate was uncomfortable doing interviews while his campaign was suspended.
Translation: He's tying to hold on a few more days before the Lynch groundswell.
And if you think I'm pimping for Lynch, you really have to go read the links and the series. I don't like any of them.
When the Markey campaign does resume, it will avoid excessive canvassing, especially in the areas locked down during Friday’s manhunt, said Andrew Zucker, Markey campaign spokesman.
His opponent Lynch said he will be uncomfortable stumping even once the campaign resumes, and stressed that, for now, political events remain out of place.
Astute political move.
“It just doesn’t feel right yet,” Lynch said in an interview Saturday. “We had a terrible tragedy and my heart goes out to the affected families. We need to be respectful to them.”
Milking it.
Each of the Senate campaigns called off events and advertisements early last week....
While the Democrats remain on the sidelines, all three Republicans have been back on the trail, and plan to continue to campaign throughout the weekend at meet-and-greets, campus visits, and other appearances....
Gotta be tone-deaf, insensitive bastards.
In an interview, Lynch recalled his first congressional primary victory, which came in a vote cast on Sept. 11, 2001.
I've noted that. And now this gift.
Even as much of the nation sat glued to televisions, watching the horrific attacks in New York and Washington unfold, state leaders in Massachusetts urged voters to go the polls in the election, resulting in strong voter turnout.
“There was a call to arms in response to those attacks. I hope they’ll be a similar call to arms come April 30,” Lynch said. “The best way to defend Democracy is to participate in it.”
Ah, the good old days.
--more--"
Related:
In deference, Senate, mayoral campaigns halt
Candidates file to run for Boston mayor, City Council
Senate candidates resume campaigning, vow less sniping
Mass. Senate hopefuls explain gun views
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
Markey far ahead in race for funds
That's not going to decide this one, not in the wake of the Boston Marathon Bombings.
DEBATE UPDATE:
"In debate, Lynch hits Markey over national security votes; Grows animated as primary approaches" by Jim O’Sullivan | Globe Staff, April 23, 2013
Representative Stephen F. Lynch on Monday used the first US Senate debate since the Boston Marathon bombings to aggressively challenge Representative Edward J. Markey’s vote against forming the joint homeland security task force, which responded to the attacks, and his opposition to other key security measures.
Markedly more animated than in his past debate performances, Lynch repeatedly sought to depict Markey, the frontrunner in next Tuesday’s Democratic primary, as inattentive to the threat of terrorism.
Markey responded by pointing to legislation that he authored aimed at increasing security on cargo ships and at nuclear and chemical plants.
Yeah, but nobody hears that.
The debate, which aired on WBZ-TV and was co-sponsored by the Globe, signaled a return to the campaign trail for the Democratic candidates....
And I didn't watch.
National security and counterterrorism policy dominated the brisk, hour-long session, with both Democrats seeking to highlight their support for more stringent homeland security legislation. Lynch, who has been trailing in public polling, showed a newly pugilistic side....
Lynch challenged Markey on telecommunications, a policy field that has been one of Markey’s calling cards. The South Boston Democrat mocked Markey’s claims that he had worked to break up telephone and cable television monopolies, arguing that the market for service has left consumers with limited options.
Related: Meet the Next Senator From Massachusetts
Maybe not.
“The poor people of western Mass., they’re watching the Yankees tonight. They’ve suffered enough,” Lynch said.
Nice pitch, but.... did he mean that literally?
Both candidates also paid tribute to the bombing victims and their families, as well as the professional responders who worked to treat the wounded and track down the alleged terrorists.
Yeah, the politicians are required to worship upon the altar of lies.
In a sign of how thoroughly the state has been shaken and distracted by the attacks, lead moderator Jon Keller took a moment at the top of the debate to mention One Fund Boston, which is raising money to help the people most affected.
I hope they don't handle it like Bill Clinton and George Bush did with the billions for Haitian earthquake relief. All that money disappeared, and all the Haitians got out of of it was an expensive hotel for elites to stay at on stop-over as they spew carbon into the atmosphere with all their jet-setting. Now fork over that carbon tax for global warming that isn't even happening. It's STILL SNOWING in the MIDWEST!
After the debate, Lynch said the strategic decision to go on offense so vigorously was rooted in “what’s going on around us.” After the debate, a Lynch adviser said the new approach would continue throught the final week of the primary campaign.
“When you think about what these families went through, when you think about the importance of the decisions that the next US senator from this Commonwealth will make, it energizes me,” Lynch said, adding, “Sometimes the times find the person.”
Hmmm. George Bush and 9/11? The same day Lynch won his seat?
Lynch is friendly with the family of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the attack. Another victim, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, lived in Markey’s district....
Advantage: Lynch.
Lynch told Markey, “On fishing rights, I’m with the fishermen, you’re with the fish.” Markey later tossed back, “Steve is putting so many red herrings out here, we’re going to have to put an aquarium right here in the middle of the studio.”
Advantage: Lynch
Both candidates said they agreed with the Obama administration’s decision to try Dzhokar Tsarnaev, charged with killing people with a weapon of mass destruction, in a federal criminal court....
Of course. Gotta be tough on "terror."
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They will be debating in Springfield tonight? Think I'll blog instead.
