What does that 2011 request from Moscow to Washington about Tamerlan Tsarnaev really mean? Both more and less than might initially meet the eye. Hunter Walker reports.

Police release thermal images of Dzokhar Tsarnaev in that boat shortly before his capture.

If you’re interested in finding out a lot of new details about the firefight early Friday morning and then the brief one late friday afternoon in Watertown, watch and read this.

There’s something I’ve been thinking about since we saw those shaky images on Thursday afternoon. David Remnick’s piece captures a part of it in a phrase: “the toxic combination of high-minded zealotry and the curdled disappointments of young men.” Read More

Rupert Murdoch defends the New York Post’s horrendous coverage and those photos of the young Moroccan immigrant kid.

There were a number of journalistic goofs this week — the big one being the numerous erroneous reports of an arrest on Wednesday that never happened. The Post thing actually wasn’t a journalistic failing, it was an ethical one. They’re different.

After the jump, a transcript of the President’s comments, delivered just under two hours ago, on the events of the day … (Video excerpt here.) Read More

Friends say bombing suspect switched from UMass Boston to UMass Dartmouth for the better parties.

Amazing video of what appears to be the final firefight in Watertown some time before Dzokhar Tsarnaev, some time before he was taken into custody. After the jump … Read More

Justice Department confirms to TPM’s Sahil Kapur that it will “invoke the public safety exception to Miranda in order to question the suspect extensively about other potential explosive devices or accomplices and to gain critical intelligence.”

President Obama to speak momentarily on the capture of the Boston Marathon bombings suspect. Watch.