Boston Bomber Suspects

This three page online article, written by six people in three different states, is an in-depth account of the recent investigations on the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and his older brother, Tamerlan, 26. Dzhokhar is currently in the hospital for what officials say could have been an attempt of suicide, as the injury “had the appearance of a close-range, self-inflicted style”. Tamerlan was killed during the Watertown shootout, in which approximately 80 rounds of bullets were fired. The brothers were equipped with a large amount of various weapons, and evidence is leading police to believe that the two brothers had plans to move beyond Boston, and continue to New York. Questions remain as to how the brothers obtained their weapons and whether the F.B.I. was at fault for an "intelligence failure", as the Russian government had asked the F.B.I. to monitor Tamerlan in January of 2011, after he had been introduced to an Islam convert, and a year before a six month stay in predominately Muslim, militant areas in Russia.

As the article was written by several people, the emotional aspect is nonexistent. There is, however, extensive research that helped construct the story from all perspectives. The article progresses from details about the original Marathon bombing, to the Watergate shooting, and then includes details about their personal lives, and their history with the F.B.I. This enables the reader to arrive at his or her own opinion after getting all the information. It is very detached, other than presenting the general negative outlook on the situation, and some of the flaws of the government, and of course, the actions of the two brothers. A point is brought up, however, indicating the possibility that Dzhokhar was merely following his brothers actions, after being pressured and brainwashed into doing so. This hypothesis is a direct quote by Mayor Thomas Menino, which preserves the detachment of the journalists.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/us/boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-hoped-to-attack-again.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp