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Russian intelligence / counter-terrorism is already reported to have asked FBI to check out the older brother, now deceased, whom the FBI says blew up bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon.  The FBI admits to talking to this suspect.  They then claim, absurdly to have "closed the file" because they allegedly found nothing "suspicious."  

Do these terrorist suspect files even get closed at all?  We're straining credulity here.  

Magnitudes more disturbing than any of that is the actual on the record activity by the FBI in at least 17 "terrorism" cases with so-called "foiled plots" since the 9/11 attacks.  What FBI does routinely -- and this is not in dispute -- is to orchestrate terror bombings with targeted individuals.  These bombings are suggested and assisted by an undercover FBI provocateur.  Often fake explosives and arms are provided.  The targeted individuals are strictly monitored, and then set up and arrested with spectacular headlines and a grateful public that was saved from yet another act of senseless terror.  The plots are provoked by the government itself in a controversial practice that many call "entrapment."  

Was the Boston Marathon bombing such a case of a sting that was somehow allowed to succeed?   What is the evidence?  

Little is known about the operational planning, other than a vague claim by the boys' mother alleging "control" and "set up."  However, some highly suspicious evidence has emerged from the bombing incident itself.  Two main things remain unexplained, and corporate media has not, to my knowledge, investigated the most disturbing evidence the public has seen so far.  This corporate media blackout is indicative of unreported, behind the scenes answers likely given by authorities when nosy reporters inquire about these matters.  

First:  We have the cross country coach from the University of Mobile, AL saying that authorities announced "training exercises" by the bomb squad at the start of the race.  Bomb sniffing dogs were present and used, according to Alastair ("Ali") Stevenson, who ran the race.  Repeated public address announcements told the runners and spectators to --not worry, this is just a training exercise."  

A lengthy list of justifiable questions springs to mind, which any reporter worth his lunch would immediately want to ask.  Yet, none of these questions, and none of the responses to them were published last week.  But how could that be?   Let's start with the absurdity of running a "training exercise" with the bomb squad in the middle of a sprawling, 26 mile long city-wide event that draws 500,000 spectators and more than 22,000 runners.  It's not really a time for an "exercise," but a time to actually protect the public, no?  Am I out of line here?  I'm sure someone will inform me if I am.  

Is this phrase "training exercise" a public relations lie to calm the sheeple, when in fact it is not an "exercise" at all, but a live security detail searching for possible explosives?   Other obvious questions concern who participated in this exercise?  Which agencies and which private entities?  What were the specifics of the exercise?  Did this alleged exercise open up security holes by giving away critical information about security procedures to numerous parties beyond the control of law enforcement?  Were explosives, real or fake, involved?  Why is information regarding this exercise covered up?  

The little matter of who was involved brings up big main question number two.  

Second
Photographic images from the finish line / bombing of the Boston Marathon show a collection of suspicious characters acting in some semi-official capacity.  What little can be discerned from the photos suggests they may be military mercenary contractors, possibly from a company called Craft International.  

These men wore large black backpacks, very similar to the exploded backpack seen in photos immediately after the bombing.  They also stand in positions very near the location of one of the bombs.  They communicate with one another.  One seems to hold a device in hand, perhaps a radiation detector. Others, who are dressed identically, rush over to an FBI bomb squad truck, which arrives minutes after the detonations.  They talk with FBI personnel.   This all suggests that these men were coordinating with the FBI bomb squad all along. 

Is this the "exercise?"  It also suggests that the FBI's bomb squad (a federal entity) was already present before the bombings even happened.  Why is a federal bomb squad unit at a marathon race even before bombings occur?   I'll unload just one more question, concerning these mysterious, unnamed operatives.  How can private military mercenaries be involved in any way, shape or form with domestic security on US streets, and notably at an event that turned out to be highly insecure, in the extreme?  

Perhaps our society has reached that tipping point into utter insanity and breakdown.  

The two brothers Tsarnaev have been established by the FBI as the only perpetrators, the only suspects, the only reason for the Boston bombings to have occurred.  An FBI press conference went so far as to caution the entire media and public against looking elsewhere: 

"For clarity these images should be the only ones, I emphasize the only ones, that the public should view to assist us.  Other photos should not be deemed credible and they unnecessarily divert the public's attention in the wrong direction and create undo work for vital law enforcement resources."
-Special Agent Rick DesLauriers, the head of the FBI's Boston office
 

I find it hard to interpret this diktat as anything other than a direct order to narrow one's thinking and evidentiary standards.  The entire nation has been cautioned that all other evidence is to be deemed by the civilized world as not "credible."  As George W. Bush said a decade prior, at the United Nations: "Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories"" 

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Joe Giambrone is an American author, freelance writer and filmmaker. Non-fiction works appear at International Policy Digest, WhoWhatWhy, Foreign Policy Journal, Counterpunch, Globalresearch, , OpedNews, High Times and other online outlets. His science fiction thriller Transfixion and his Hollywood satire (more...)
 
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