Submission + - Boston Marathon Bomber used "Weapon of Mass Destruction" (wsj.com) 2
bunkymag writes: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has now been indicted on over 30 charges relating to his part in the Boston Marathon bombing. Of particular note however is a charge of using a "Weapon of Mass Destruction" which seems clearly out of line with previous usage of the term, most notably in justifying the invasion of Iraq. From an outsider perspective it would seem easy enough to leverage any number of domestic anti-terror laws to achieve anything up to and including the death penalty if required. Why then muddy the waters with this new WMD claim, when the price could be giving further ammunition to groups outside of America that already clearly feel the rules are set up to indict them on false pretenses, and explicitly use this sense of outrage to attract new terrorist recruits?
