Most human grown disasters are from scenarios that are un-anticipated and/or unable to be 100% planned/controlled.
And yet, since at-least 2007 there have been disaster drills at the marathon conducted by the local and federal agencies who were on hand to respond. I don't expect them to be psychic, but if they had no idea what was going on, then we really should disband the FBI tonight.
There is 26 miles in the Marathon; are you expecting them to have agents posted every 20 meters to be on the lookout for anything fishy.
And apparently that was a huge waste of resources.
college kids with backpacks does not qualify as fishy.
Indicating they didn't know what to look for and that they were utterly clueless.
locking down a section of town with the media coverage is a little more difficult; especially when the suspect has planned a rabbit hole or already left the area.
The suspect leaving the area has what to do with coverage of the story? Literally nothing. They didn't have a clue who it was for at least a day and made it no secret they were ready to have a lynching within the hour.
It was pure accident that he was discovered hiding in the boat. Had the owner been out of town; the kid could have stayed until dark and made his way out of the general area.
Indeed, that is my point. The paramilitary invasion of Boston was found to be a waste. "Sit in place," set a new precedent for domestic martial law that we have not seen since the civil war and it was a FAILURE.
Politicians do talk to get attention; the system would not have tolerated a enemy combatant classification; doing so wold have made the complete classification mechanism a fraud.
Politicians have power over us. To hand-waive their influence because they're bastards who run their mouths a lot is to dismiss reality.
what search warrants were needed; what did they break down that should have had a warrant?
http://www.legalzoom.com/everyday-law/home-leisure/can-police-search-your
Police cannot simply search your home on a whim, even if they are after a "terrorist." So yes, warrants were needed and not obtained. Constitutionally, they were illegal searches of private property.
Are you not jumping the gun as to the damaged boat? The complete scenario has not played out, yet you are condemning the actions.
It's been widely reported that there was a "shootout," and that the suspect received several gunshot wounds (while there are zero injuries to the officers involved). Furthermore there were no mentions of weapons on the suspect at the time of his arrest. If you can add that information up to be anything but an attempt of murdering the suspect, I invite you to try.
do you have inside knowledge or just flapping your fingers out of some inbred issues.
What kind of knowledge am I presenting that is above and beyond what is widely reported? Alternatively, what kind of source would you consider to be legitimate? Are ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox/CNN and other well-established propagandist rags to you?
I've presented the reported information in a logical fashion. I'm sorry if the world ceases to make sense if you don't hear the appropriate spin, but you should be a little more critical of the watchmen. Who watches them?
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