Boston

The latest count tonight is 3 dead and 144 injured. The FBI has taken the investigatory lead, stated that 5 other devices were "rendered inert" and that there is a suspect in custody. All of this is subject to change and revision as the situation on the ground is ever changing and certain legal niceties must be observed.

What didn't change is the rush to blame perpetrated by the left-wing mainstream media, out in full force while police officers, firefighters, race officials, doctors and nurses tried to save lives, preserve evidence and clean up a grisly scene. Guess who they blamed?

• MSNBC’s Chris Matthews wasted no time in questioning whether today’s horrific bombing of the Boston Marathon was a politically-motivated attack. Matthews made his controversial comments when he assumed that a purported explosion at the JFK Library was associated with the bombings.
  
  On “Hardball” tonight, the host openly questioned whether at least a portion of the horror was an intentional attack against the Democratic Party. Matthews made his controversial comments when he assumed that a purported explosion at the JFK Library was associated with the bombings.
  
  
• Esquire Magazine - Several people were injured and two have been reported dead. There are reports of people missing limbs. Obviously, nobody knows anything yet, but I would caution folks jumping to conclusions about foreign terrorism to remember that this is the official Patriots Day holiday in Massachusetts, celebrating the Battles at Lexington and Concord, and that the actual date (April 19) was of some significance to, among other people, Tim McVeigh, because he fancied himself a waterer of the tree of liberty and the like.
  
  
• The New York Times - Never let a tragedy go to waste. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Monday quickly used the explosions in Boston for political gain, linking the Republican Party to the horrific act. At 4:10pm, Kristof tweeted, "explosion is a reminder that ATF needs a director. Shame on Senate Republicans for blocking apptment." [UPDATE: Kristof has "taken back" the comment and deleted the tweet. See below for screen shot of the tweet.]
  
  
• CNN - Less than two hours after the horrific bombing at the Boston Marathon, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen was already speculating that "right-wing extremists" could be behind the attack. He told CNN anchor Jake Tapper:
  "I'm reminded of Oklahoma City, which was a bombing, which was initially treated as a gas explosion. First reports are often erroneous."
  
  Then Bergen went on to offer up this "first" report: - "Once the device -- if it is a device -- is found; what kind of explosives were used. So for instance, if it was hydrogen peroxide, this is a signature of al Qaeda. If it was more conventional explosives, which are much harder to get hold of now -- that might be some other kind of right-wing extremist. … We've also seen, for instance, right-wing groups trying to attack the Martin Luther King parade in Oregon in 2010."

And not to put too fine a point on it, guess who didn't use the word "terrorist" in his address to the nation last night?

• On Monday afternoon at 6:10 PM ET, President Obama took to the podium to explain the current status of the White House’s efforts on the Boston bombings. “The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight, and Michelle and I send our deepest thoughts and prayers to the victims,” Obama said. He said that the government did not yet have the answers on the perpetrators. He did not label the bombings a terrorist attack or incident. He also added that “on days like this there are no Republicans or Democrats.”
  

And evidently, no terrorists, foreign or domestic, eh? The White House (not the president) has since been forced to put out a statement that the bombings will be treated as an "act of terror." How difficult was that?

Remember, the media wants this to be a conservative malcontent who set off these bombs. And their "reporting" amounts to nothing more than propaganda, preparing the battlefield to fit their narrative. You won't see any retractions should this turn out to be the Saudi national currently in custody or some left wing zealot intent on "occupying" something.

And speaking of Saudi nationals, that DHS decision by the Obama administration to ease visas to that hotbed of liberty and free expression is coming under scrutiny all of the sudden:

• A Department of Homeland Security program intended to give "trusted traveler" status to low-risk airline passengers soon will be extended to Saudi travelers, opening the program to criticism for accommodating the country that produced 15 of the 19 hijackers behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
  
  Sources voiced concern about the decision to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, which issued a report Wednesday on the under-the-radar announcement -- which was first made by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after meeting in January with her Saudi counterpart. According to the IPT, this would be the first time the Saudi government has been given such a direct role in fast-tracking people for entry into the United States.
  
  [...] Any Saudi travelers cleared through the program will be able to bypass the normal customs line after providing passports and fingerprints. The status lasts for five years.

That article appeared on 20 March 2013. We'll bet that is the last you hear of it in the lame-stream media unless this Saudi national is charged and Congressional hearings come to pass.