Sorry for delayed response BG.
I was listening to the Boston police radio transmissions last night, as were many thousands of others. The city was under martial law - curfew, house searches and 'stop and search' of anyone on the streets. It was an interesting insight into how martial law is implemented.
A year ago the New York Times exposed the F.B.I. as 'terrorist facilitators'.
It is looking increasingly likely that Boston bombing was in this category, but I have not yet finished websearching for opinions about it. One particular viewpoint was provided by a retired senior army officer - video below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/op...anted=all&_r=0
extract -
"But all these dramas were facilitated by the F.B.I., whose undercover agents and informers posed as terrorists offering a dummy missile, fake C-4 explosives, a disarmed suicide vest and rudimentary training. Suspects naïvely played their parts until they were arrested. "
A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Army weighs in on Boston. - YouTube