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Apr. 23rd, 2013 11:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inside-the-investigation-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing/2013/04/20/19d8c322-a8ff-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html
The Post story is the first I've seen that puts together the struggle over when and how the bombing suspects were identified - how both social media and face recognition technology failed - and how the choice to release the official images was a message with multiple targets.
ETA: http://www.popehat.com/2013/04/20/security-theater-martial-law-and-a-tale-that-trumps-every-cop-and-donut-joke-youve-ever-heard/
Popehat blog has a fairly biting commentary on the lockdown, including pointing out that the second suspect was found after the lockdown was lifted and people were allowed to go outside and look around.
The Post story is the first I've seen that puts together the struggle over when and how the bombing suspects were identified - how both social media and face recognition technology failed - and how the choice to release the official images was a message with multiple targets.
ETA: http://www.popehat.com/2013/04/20/security-theater-martial-law-and-a-tale-that-trumps-every-cop-and-donut-joke-youve-ever-heard/
Popehat blog has a fairly biting commentary on the lockdown, including pointing out that the second suspect was found after the lockdown was lifted and people were allowed to go outside and look around.
