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cali

(114,904 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:41 PM Apr 2013

I know shit about bombs but what I do know is that a lot of the information

that quite a few are taking as gospel is wrong. It's always that way in a disaster of virtually any kind. I'm taking just about everything other than that it was a bombing, as unconfirmed.

For instance, that bomb at JFK library? (which is miles from Copley Square)

Maybe not so much a bomb.



Update JFK incident appears to be fire related #tweetfromthebeat via @cherylfiandaca
— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 15, 2013

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I know shit about bombs but what I do know is that a lot of the information (Original Post) cali Apr 2013 OP
When was this tweeted? justiceischeap Apr 2013 #1
JFK not related to the expolsion question everything Apr 2013 #2
Thanks for the link! nt justiceischeap Apr 2013 #4
After that. And it's what the spokesperson at the Library is saying. cali Apr 2013 #3
Yeah...they Backtracked on that one Real Fast...but it was KoKo Apr 2013 #5
it turned out to be a fire BainsBane Apr 2013 #6
Yes...that was interesting. KoKo Apr 2013 #7

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
1. When was this tweeted?
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:42 PM
Apr 2013

I only ask because at the 5pm press conference the Boston Police Commissioner said it was a bomb and it was related.

question everything

(47,465 posts)
2. JFK not related to the expolsion
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:49 PM
Apr 2013

The Boston Police Department’s public information bureau chief, Cheryl Fiandaca, reports that the incident at the J.F.K. Library appears to be related to a fire, not an explosion.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/live-updates-explosion-at-boston-marathon/#boston-police-say-j-f-k-library-incident-unrelated

and scroll down

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
5. Yeah...they Backtracked on that one Real Fast...but it was
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 06:15 PM
Apr 2013

Boston Police Commissioner who put that disinfo out... He probably was so freaked out and got some report that got garbled with the cell phone overload that he over-reacted. But...there's more that needs to come out about why this was widely reported that the JFK Library had a Third Bomb...when earlier we were told that there were two "Suspicious Packages" being examined by the Bomb Squad and they were taking care of it...

But then ..awhile later it was the first report from Boston Police Commissioner that there was another bomb that went off AT the JFK Library...which didn't make any sense.

But just NOW...the Boston Police Commissioner says that it wasn't a bomb. Apparently it was just some fire inside the JFK Library and nothing else.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
7. Yes...that was interesting.
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 06:26 PM
Apr 2013

I await more information about this...since Boston Police Commissioner had "egg on his face" for first reporting there was a bomb there like the other two.

It's too early ...but to see that speculation and disinfo is put out there and get's voices on our major Media Outlets is kind of discouraging. Why would the Boston Police Commissioner come out and say there was a bomb there and then later on Matthew's show he does a Presser saying that it wasn't true.

I think we will find out more as the details come out...or we will get disinfo that's confusing...or that this whole event will live on with Conspiracy Theorists for the DISNFO that went on from Boston Police...through confusion in a Crisis Situation or through STUFF fed to them to steer the conversation.

We may know...or we may only know part...or the TRUTH or DISINFO...will live on in Conspiracy Theories about this for Years!

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