The suspect is being described as white male 6'2.

[Warren Stupidity]

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The distance between the words "terrorism" and "Boston Marathon Bombing" will now start increasing in the media drone until we forget they were ever linked. Across the Islamic nations, a collective sigh of relief can be heard, as the otherwise inevitable and bloody retaliation is now on hold.

link: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57579984/boston-bombing-investigators-focus-on-possible-suspect-in-surveillance-video/

Sources say investigators are trying to identify a person described as a young white man who is standing in the crowd near the scene of the second bombing just before the device exploded, reported CBS News correspondent Bob Orr. A surveillance camera at a nearby Lord and Taylor department store captured images of the man who was carrying a backpack and talking on a cell phone.

The man was wearing a black jacket, a grey hooded sweatshirt and a white or off-white baseball cap backwards. He is 6 feet or 6-feet-2-inches tall with a medium build.

[Laurian]

1. Where did you find this description of the suspect?

I haven't heard anything since the asinine "dark skinned male" description.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. This mornings am tv news. No link. CBS, not CNN, so it might be reliable.

[Laurian]

4. Thanks. Maybe I should check out CBS.

[FreeBC]

25. CBS has maintained much higher standards than CNN throughout this tragedy

CNN is just horrible these days. It should be disbanded for the good of the country.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Maybe those of us who are dark skinned will get a breather with those airport checks.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Oh no that's not the way it works. The headless chicken-state is in full reaction mode.

[bklyncowgirl]

6. Osama Bin Laden could be described as a tall, white man.

I wouldn't be so quick to jump to any conclusions.

[Warren Stupidity]

9. Could, but in fact never was.

I ain't jumping anywhere. In fact I've held back stating the obvious for several days. This was not the work of al qaeda.

[pipoman]

7. This photo has been released of 2 suspects...

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seems to not match..

I'm not finding any news source which is saying the photo is debunked..including those who still have the photo posted..

[Esse Quam Videri]

8. Been debunked

Feel sorry for these guys. See here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/findbostonbombers/comments/1cl4qx/the_two_males_that_the_media_have_claimed_the_fbi/

[Warren Stupidity]

10. you might want to self delete. Those guys are going to get hurt.

[kdmorris]

11. Oh, man here we go again

Those two wouldn't happen to be named Richard Jewel, would they?

[BeyondGeography]

15. That has to be the most frontwards backwards-facing baseball cap ever

[Quantess]

12. What do you call it if it isn't terrorism?

Domestic terrorism is still terrorism.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. I still call it terrorism. The media will, as I stated, distance itself from that term.

[aquart]

14. Yep. It's April. American Narcissistic Nut Month.

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We grow them ourselves.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. It is terrorism and always will be to maim and kill people like that.

Doesn't matter what the motive is, it is terrorism. Period.

And of course most people and society will over-react. They are being fearful of going into public places and crowds. There will be calls for intrusive searches at public events.

That's what the real terrorism is. The fear and the irrational fear and the over-reactions.

[Warren Stupidity]

17. actually motives are critical to the definition of terrorism.

Lets start with:

The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.

As a simple definition. 9-11 is clearly a terrorist act. Newtown, on the other hand, unless and until the motives are determined to be political, is not.

[kenny blankenship]

31. Thank You.

[Ian_rd]

18. So, so far it's been a Saudi, then a bearded white guy with no hat, confirmed in custody, then

confirmed not in custody, then a young white guy with a baseball cap.

[rightsideout]

19. On the Daily Show Jon Stewart said the suspect was a dark skinned white male.

[Ian_rd]

22. Heh - who has been detained and currently not in custody

[tledford]

36. a dark-skinned white male woman. :-) eom

[ashling]

20. White man with baseball cap on backwards?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

23. He was cleared

He apparently had already decided to run the 26 miles the other way back to his car. Who are you to question him?

[ashling]

34. He can run away from the facts

in under 2 minutes

[Javaman]

21. Until I hear the FBI or the police say this...

It's nothing more than speculation on the part of the news "source".

[Warren Stupidity]

27. Well of course that would be best. Wait for the NYT to be "on it".

CBS has been standing by this story since last night. Unlike CNN they appear to have actually done the fact checking before doing the reporting.

[aandegoons]

24. Welllll... We won't be hearing about his religion now.

Nope that will no longer be important that is of course unless he is Muslim.

[closeupready]

30. A-yup. Got that right.

[Warren Stupidity]

28. The only reason I'm hoping it isn't al qaeda is that I really am tired of endless war.

And if it is al qaeda we will over-react again and kill lots of people who had nothing to do with this.

[Oilwellian]

29. I posted this report yesterday

It was by far, the best report of the day. If they have his cell phone record and photo ID, we may be seeing him in person very soon. You can run but it's definitely hard to hide when the entire country is looking for you.

[MadHound]

32. Please, stop with this speculation,

I don't care who is doing it, CNN, CBS, the NYP, or even here on DU, it is stupid to do this sort of speculation, and it carries the risk of endangering some innocent or ruining their lives.

Wait until the actual cops say something, please.

[Warren Stupidity]

33. The NYT is "on it", there are now multiple credible sources.

So no thanks, but I do appreciate the advice.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/us/boston-set-to-mourn-bombing-victims.html?_r=0

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

35. I've seen pictures of two guys. (EDIT: These two have been cleared)

I wonder if they're the two suspects. It would be interesting to find out that they are and that they're already easy for anyone to find.



EDIT: I've been told that those two men have been cleared. So, apparently, pics of the suspects are not easy to obtain.