The suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has been, or is nearly, identified, according to law enforcement officials and Mayor Thomas Menino, D-Boston. Surveillance video from the Lord & Taylor store on Boylston Street near the Boston Marathon's finish line reportedly shows a man with a large bag near the site of the second bomb detonation.
The FBI has photographic evidence of two new persons of interest, according to FOX News. They have not yet been published by the Bureau. Earlier, reports of a now-former person of interest surfaced, after law enforcement raided the apartment of a Saudi student now being identified as Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, 20. In a vexing twist, despite Alharbi's presumed innocence, he will "be deported on national security grounds next Tuesday," according to Steve Emerson, of the Investigative Project on Terrorism.
Emerson was being interviewed by FOX's Sean Hannity when his breaking report shocked the nighttime anchor: "You learned that that Saudi national is going to be deported on 'national security'?" Hannity asked. He then cited a report that stated President Barack Obama would be holding an unscheduled meeting with a Prince Saud al Faisal, the foreign minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening, likely in regards to Alharbi's status.
Emerson said due to Saudi customs, the kingdom would rather have their citizens deported rather than detained or arrested if involved in a debacle such as the one Alharbi was accused of: "You deport them because they don't want to be embarrassed," Emerson said. Though never labeled an official suspect, there are speculations as to whether or not Alharbi was witness to any of the acts.
CNN's John King made headlines of his own Wednesday, when he initially reported an arrest had been made in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings. After numerous media outlets and spectators on social media took CNN's words as fact, the FBI felt the oft-unusual need to officially clear up the entire false reportage, telling all sources to confirm their information: "There have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate," the FBI's official statement read in-part.
John King has come under fire by notable people in the past for allegedly trying to make unique inquiries into a topic, similar to the way he reported a unique element to the Boston terrorist attacks that was later proved false by the FBI.
For their 2012 Republican Presidential Primary debate, CNN named John King moderator. King's first question went to Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.: John King referenced an interview Gingrich's second wife, Marianne Ginther, gave to ABC in 1999 in which she reportedly spoke on the topic of a possible "open marriage" between Gingrich and Ginther, as their relationship was deteriorating.
CNN's King asked Gingrich if he wanted to respond to his alleged offering, to which Gingrich curtly replied: "No...But I will." The Hummelstown, Pa.-born Congressman then took the opportunity to blast CNN and the rest of the mainstream media for being "destructive" and "vicious", saying that King and his media colleagues make it "harder to govern this country" and "attract decent people to run for public office." King's inquisitive look at Gingrich soon turned to a frown as the anchor looked down, breaking eye contact with Gingrich who finished by memorably saying "I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate with a topic like that-to take an ex-wife...and make [her] a significant question in a presidential campaign is...despicable," calling out King and his network, CNN. King continued to belabor the topic, to Gingrich's continued dismay.
After King's erroneous report on the Boston 'suspect', civil rights advocate Al Sharpton condemned John King's use of the term "dark-skinned male" in describing the so-called suspect, calling King's description "coded, offensive language" on his MSNBC commentary program.
CNN and John King later retracted the arrest report.
President Obama will fly to Boston Thursday for an interfaith memorial ceremony for victims Martin Richard, 8, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, a Chinese graduate student. Explosives experts at the FBI field academy in Quantico, Va., 30 miles outside Washington, were examining pieces of the 'pressure cooker bombs' used in the Boston bombings. Battery company Tenergy, whose products were photographed attached to the bomb remnants, issued a statement of condolences, and appliance manufacturer Fagor America, which makes pressure cookers, is reportedly cooperating with Federal officials to help in the investigation.
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