Police State

Intelligence report identified vulnerability at Boston Marathon finish line.

"Five days before two bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon, an intelligence report identified the finish line of the race as an "area of increased vulnerability" and warned Boston police that extremists may use "small scale bombings" to attack spectators and runners at the event.
The 18-page report was written by the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, a command center funded in part by the Department of Homeland Security that helps disseminate intelligence information to local police and first responders."

This reeks of inside job.

"The "joint special event assessment" is dated April 10. It notes that at the time there was "no credible, specific information indicating an imminent threat" to the race.
"The FBI has not identified any specific lone offender or extremist group who pose a threat to the Boston marathon," the report reads."

Yeah, right. It's just coincidence that the FBI and two amateurs identified the exact same target and method of attack, then the amateurs successfully pulled off the attack under the noses of hundreds of security personnel and bomb-sniffing dogs.

Regarding our police state,

"The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work."

I don't feel safer. I feel less safe.