CNN guest reporting they have clear ID of suspect. Edit Now: Made arrest

[ErikJ]

Last edited Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:56 PM - Edit history (2)

on dept store video.

King reporting now they just made an arrest.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Cool.

[Marrah_G]

2. Bombing or Ricin suspect?

(can you believe that question even has to be asked...what a week.)

[bullwinkle428]

4. Bombing. Being discussed on Ed Schultz show now.

http://chicagosprogressivetalk.com/listen/

[AsahinaKimi]

9. hey thanks

for the link.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Should be interesting. nt

[PearliePoo2]

5. More info please.

MSNBC has said nothing yet.

[broiles]

6. Who is the guest and how does he know?

[MADem]

7. CNN: Suspect Identified in Marathon Bombings

That is what the headline on CNN says--there will be a briefing at five PM by the FBI.

Law enforcement source in Boston told John King that they had a "game changer" in terms of the investigation. The breakthrough came from video analysis from Lord and Taylor department store video. They could see the placement of the bomb and had a facial identification.

Motive is still a question.

[Renew Deal]

12. Where is the Lord & Taylor in relation to the bombing?

[cali]

15. very close.

[MADem]

23. Across the street. nt

[ChangeUp106]

8. Release the Pic

And let's let the Internet match it up with the other pictures posted today.

[My Pet Goat]

10. Great news...

that really is half the battle. Either authorities will identify the suspect's name themselves or they'll publish the picture to the world for identification. Once they have a name, the suspect will either be arrested or hide. If the suspect has significant contacts with the U.S. (a trail), the suspect will probably be caught quickly.

[RebelOne]

14. He will probably hide out.

It took two years to catch Eric Randolph, the Olympic Park bomber in Atlanta.

[fitman]

11. This guy? see pic

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[wickerwoman]

28. The size of the bags are different though.

That guy's holding a regular sized backpack and the bomb is in a hiking backpack. You couldn't fit a pressure cooker full of nails and ball bearings in a backpack that size or hold it the way he's holding it.

Also, it looks like a second smaller backpack is being leaned against the front one. It's possible someone set another bag down next to the one with the bomb in it by accident.

[global1]

30. Where Did This Photo Come From?.......nt

[gateley]

32. Could he have about 20 lbs of bomb stuff just casually hanging off his arm like a purse?

He doesn't look like he's straining. But maybe I'm just a wimp.

[panader0]

13. "Dark skinned male" from CNN

[anneboleyn]

16. Yes, they have said this several times. I still wonder about the other photo

With the solitary (white) guy with a backpack that matches the bomb debris.

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. If I'm not mistaken that's an LL Bean backpack

and I imagine they're quite common in Boston and New England generally.

[MADem]

24. Arrest me....we must have a half dozen in the house, in varying states of repair... nt

[randome]

21. The picture of what they think was the backpack is beige colored.

It may have had a dark interior lining and that's why they said at first it was black backpack.

Or it could even have been a backpack inside a backpack.

[gvstn]

18. And King was very weird about the details

Sounded like his source used some non-PC terms to describe the suspect and King was reluctant to repeat them verbatim.

[Horse with no Name]

20. Interesting.

Maybe they want to incite a little bit of violence before they say...oops, we had a detail wrong?

[snooper2]

22. So it's a white guy?

[ChangeUp106]

17. Celebration

People on the right are already celebrating "dark skinned male."

[cbdo2007]

25. I would think there might be 2 people...

Would be difficult enough to sneak in and set down 1 backpack with 50+ pound bomb than to be lugging 2 of them around in separate backpacks.

[KharmaTrain]

26. Pete Williams & MSNBC Has Knocked This Down...

...reporting that Boston Police report they have gathered a lot of photos from the scenes but won't say they have anyone under suspicion yet. I know Chicken Noodle Nuze is anxious to get a scoop...but this one smells like yet another pile of "fertilizer"...

[MADem]

27. Per WCVB in Boston, an arrest of a male suspect has been made. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

29. here is a link

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/boston-blasts/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[BlueCheese]

31. Nice quote about seeing what you want to see, or what you expect.

"If your experience and your expertise is Middle East terrorism, it has the hallmarks of al Qaeda or a Middle East group," former FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes said. "If your experience is domestic groups and bombings that have occurred here, it has the hallmarks of a domestic terrorist like Eric Rudolph in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics bombings."