The toll from the Boston Marathon bombings is three dead and 48 still hospitalized with the total number of injured now 264. The surviving suspect's condition is said to be "fair." The motivation behind the atrocity may never be known but, in the meantime, there are many other unanswered questions. Cell phones, surveillance cameras and crowd sourcing all helped police to identify and locate the bombers by Thursday, but not before social media and professional news organizations had reported false information. Did shutting down all of Boston give amateur "terrorists" extra impact? Was it a preview of what's to come?
Boston and the Modern Manhunt
Credits
Guests:
- John Cassidy - New Yorker magazine - @TNYJohnCassidy
- Frank Cilluffo - George Washington University - @gwcchs
- Susan Crawford - Cardozo School of Law - @scrawford
- Farhad Manjoo - New York Times - @fmanjoo