Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: You supervised the ppl who analyzed Tamerlan's computer, right?
S: Yes. But I didn't see specific findings.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: Tamerlan's encryption was a very strong one, even for sophisticated US govt programs?
Swindon: yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
This is the Samsung laptop Fick says Tamerlan took with him to Russia, it was found in Watertown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick asks Swindon if he knew while Tamerlan's laptop was encrypted that it had an easy password to crack - allahakbar(#) @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: But Tamerlan had a weak password, "allah akbar" followed by a number, did you know that?
S: I did not.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge calls for morning recess.
#Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from morning break, defense attorney William Fick continues cross examination of SSA Kevin Swindon @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution objects to a question about Tamerlan's Samsung laptop, judge sustains, defense asks for sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, Fick says he wants to focus on how one traces when an external device is plugged into a computer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: Did you ever see the wallpaper or background on Tamerlan's laptop?
Swindon: Never.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick wants to ask more about that laptop; govt objects. Fick asks for sidebar.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, Fick wants to ask about how Swindon is able to trace a history of a USB-memory device attaching to a computer.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick shows Swindon a document with info about what things were viewed on #Tsarnaev's laptop that came from a thumb drive.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: You can't tell if this "creation date" is when the doc was put into the laptop or when the doc was actually created?
Swindon: No.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick points out 1 of the 2 thumb drives jury is seeing info on was actually never found. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The data on that Patriot thumb drive was gleaned from the times it was plugged into another device like a laptop or computer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick gets Swindon to reiterate the government acknowledges that many people had access to the computer at 410 Norfolk St @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
One thumb drive that connected to #Tsarnaev's laptop was never recovered, the jury learns.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: And as far as #Tsarnaev's home computer, a large number of people had access to that as well, right?
Swindon: Yes, but can't say who.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Swindon says he doesn't know, he would need to see more than the data on the screen @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
1/1/2013, there's a login from Dzhokhar on home comp.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Correction the one time Dzhokhar's yahoo account was logged into on the #Tsarnaev HP home computer was 1/1/13 @NECN

F: That's the only time he accessed computer to check email, right?
S: I don't know.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick is now asking Swindon about the hard drive seized in Watertown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
There's a 2000+ page file of all the activity on the #Tsarnaev family home HP Pavilion desktop computer.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: some of this report is "not comprehensible" & can't be used to determine dates/times of user access. Why?
Swindon: I don't know.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: "the hard drive kind of contains a greatest hits collection" Swindon: I'm not sure what you mean by greatest hits @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick says the hard drive has several articles on explosives, none exist on the Song VAIO. Swindon: I don't know for a fact @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: did you know this hard drive was formatted by Tamerlan's Samsung computer? Swindon: no I don't know @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick presses on whether Swindon was ever aware of this as a supervisor of CART. Swindon says he was not @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Next device: the Kingston thumb drive recovered in New Bedford landfill.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
One doc on that thumb drive was a pay stub & rental housing application for Tamerlan's wife Katherine.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Now to hard drive seized off street in Watertown, as defense looks to show these devices were used extensively by ppl other than Dzhokhar.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: That Watertown hard drive contains a "greatest hits" of what's on all the other drives?
S: I'm not sure what "greatest hits" means.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: There are many files about explosions & detonations, right?
S: Yes.
F: And none of those are on Dzhokhar's laptop?
S: I don't know.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: The Watertown hard drive shows more Russian-language docs, instructions about building bombs, right?
S: I don't know.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: isn't this a hard drive formatted by Tamerlan's laptop?
S: I don't know and don't have the information in front of me to confirm that.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: So you, the supervisor, never found out if Tamerlan's laptop created this hard drive?
S: No.

 

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: Did you or anyone else at the FBI ever become aware that every file on this hard drive was created by Tamerlan?
S: No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: I have nothing further.

AUSA Chakravarty returns for re-cross examination.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense is done with cross examination. AUSA Chakravarty begins redirect @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty on data analysis: Is this the kind of activity you do on the fly under cross examination? "Objection-Sustained" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt wants Swindon to say that the types of validations Fick was just asking for cannot be done from the witness stand; takes hours.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty wants to show Swindon something to "refresh his recollection" about his testimony under cross examination.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Swindon says he can now explain better where those problematic "creation dates" that Fick asked about came from.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty shows Swindon "something to refresh his memory" on the File System Record Date column on the data sheet @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Swindon explains since they use so many different tools to extract data, it's like comparing apples to oranges @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Swindon now gets to explain, again, how some files might appear on a computer prior to when, say, Windows is installed on same.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Swindon again explains that sometimes the creation date may be when a file was created online & not on a computer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty points out while Tamerlan was in Russia someone was still watching Netflix & surfing the web on the HP desktop @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The person using the Norfolk St HP desktop computer logged onto ESPN, MTV, watched "Teen Wolf" while Tamerlan was in Russia @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty gets Swindon to note someone other than Tamerlan was on his computer when T was in Russia; someone watched "Teen Wolf" for eg.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
That computer, the #Tsarnaev home desktop, also shows evidence of other music and video downloads in Tamerlan's absence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty is done with redirect, Fick is back up briefly for recross @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick returns to idea about Swindon's inability to recall when a file was created; you were shown a hand-written note under re-cross?
S: yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick: Mr. Chakravarty showed you something on a handwritten note, who wrote it? Swindon: I don't recognize the handwriting @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick gets Swindon to admit that when two pieces of data conflict, they have to determine which data is correct. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
But Swindon sitting here today still can't say which dates are the correct dates in this data. Recross done, Swindon excused @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
F: OK, so what does that column mean, can you tell us now?
S: Not without further information.
Swindon is done.
Fick asks for sidebar.

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next government witness is Dr. Matthew Levitt, a counterterrorism & intelligence expert for the Washington Institute @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Gov't calls Dr. Matthew Levitt as its 72nd witness; they hope to use him as an expert on terrorism and jihadist materials.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Levitt works at a think-tank called "The Washington Institute for Near East Policy" - studies US policy towards Middle East.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Levitt has a career in counter-terrorism analysis behind him; he has his Masters & PhD from Tufts' Fletcher School.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
His PhD thesis generated a book in which he explores how various groups use terror to attempt to achieve their goals.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
He has written books on Hamas and on Hezbollah; other articles on foreign policy, op-eds.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dr. Levitt says he has written books on Hamas and Hezbollah @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dr. Levitt previously taught in colleges, a variety of courses on counterterrorism, has several lectures almost every week @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt describes how he's often called to testify in court, goes before congress, gives lectures globally (is headed to Berlin today).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dr. Levitt previously taught in colleges, a variety of courses on counterterrorism, has several lectures almost every week @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dr. Levitt has testified before Congress on international terrorism, has testified several times before in court. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dr. Levitt was hired to write an expert report for the government for this case @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt explains how he's prepared a written report consolidating all the evidence the prosecutors hired him to review; gives context/history

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dr. Levitt says he writes the report to analyze the evidence in a case & put it in historical context @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge asks for sidebar before gov't can go any further.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As Chakravarty asks to offer Dr. Levitt as an expert in counterterrorism, the judge calls a sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt was about to ask Levitt to be qualified as an expert witness, something the defense already signaled they were unsure about.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
It was Levitt's international flight schedule that complicated matters a bit this morning, but ultimately judge kept to plans.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
....meaning Levitt has one eye on the clock for his flight...
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, Chakravarty gets Dr. Levitt to explain he does not read or speak Arabic @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar.
Chakravarty continues with his questioning.
Levitt admits he cannot read Arabic; needed a translator.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: The vast majority of documents were in English.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt begins by explaining what a "global jihad movement" is @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: they are "likeminded followers who think Muslims need to unite, not incorporated or in an office" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt reviewed evidence from #Tsarnaev's computer.

We begin the "global jihad movement" discussion without Levitt qualified as an expert.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: global jihad movement = need for an effort to Muslims to unite & defend themselves via acts of violence.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: many people who believe this may feel they are part of a larger movement even though they are just acting alone.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: individuals "don't' have to sign up" or carry a membership card. You can get your indoctrination/motivation online via social media.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: you can get your schooling or skill set online & not really have to communicate with anyone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says what ties them together is ideas or an ideology, a requirement to engage in militant jihad @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: ideology ties these people together; they don't have to travel to see each other to prepare to engage in violence.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: There are "rewards for engaging in this behavior" including getting into highest levels of heaven, having sins forgiven.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: these types of ideas also remove disincentives from doing things you wouldn't normally do like killing innocents @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says of killing innocent people: "through this ideology it's not only permitted, it's praiseworthy" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: Some believe they must kill innocents in order to be a good Muslim; it's not just OK, it's incumbent upon you, he tells jurors.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: the fact is, all religions have capability for violence, but what we're seeing now is the twisting of some Islamic concepts.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: "today the radicalization we're seeing is in the name of Islam & twisting of Islamic concepts "@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says jihad leaders are trying to promote this idea that violent jihad is...a personal obligation @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: Greater jihad is about self-improvement, becoming a better person. Lesser jihad is about militancy, violence.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: many believe that the more important jihad is the "lesser" one - the one that calls some to violence.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: The U.S. has been "at the receiving end" of the global jihadi movement; anger over American-backed regimes in Middle East.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says there is "anger over the U.S. and its perceived interventions all over the world" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: There is anger about US involvement in Iraq, Bosnia, support for Israel, etc.
Some believe there is a war b/w US & Muslim world.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt studies #Tsarnaev as he is led past the witness stand.
Lunch break begins now; back in an hour.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge says we will take the lunch break now. Levitt back on the stand after lunch @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42m 42 minutes ago
Back from lunch break, Dr. Matthew Levitt continues on the stand @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from lunch; Levitt is back, explaining how the global jihad movement has evolved over the last decade.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Rise of social media = increased threat of informal Al Qaeda affiliates, "want to bes", Levitt calls them.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says years ago the "biggest threat on the horizon was an organized Al-Qaeda" but rise of social media changed that @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: this new phenomenon is much harder to identify and stop: the homegrown terrorist or "lone wolf".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: "More difficult to contend with...much harder to identify and stop - homegrown terrorist, lone wolf" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
These smaller groups/individuals can't pull off massive, large-scale attacks, but can do smaller ones easily & w/o risk of getting caught.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: They won't necessarily have the capabilities to do a spectacular attack, but it will be more frequent @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: It's not like old school terrorism has gone away...the much more immediate threat is the homegrown violent extremist @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: Terrorism isn't only about maximum # of casualties; it is about media exposure and terrorizing people quite literally.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: in many cases, there is no "command and control" from AQ itself; individual actors can do what they want to at home.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: Al-Qaeda will simply laud attack after it happens..that's been the major theme of radical propaganda "do it at home" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: Isis is the latest incarnation of the global jihad movement @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says extremists spread "the idea that there is a personal obligation on every good Muslim to do their part" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: These radicalized ideologies target Muslim youth.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says global jihad movement "is targeted towards Muslim youth" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: some "local grievance" can start off someone's path towards radicalization - including foreign youth feeling torn b/w 2 cultures.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 60m 60 minutes ago
Levitt: There is no one model for how someone becomes "radicalized"; every single case is different. Mix of grievances & ideology.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says radicalization is process by which an individual adopts extremist ideas "our concern is ultimately about action" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: "There is a mix of grievances and ideology....there is a radicalizer in every case that we will see" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59m 59 minutes ago
Levitt: There is always one thing, a "radicalizer" that brings someone over the edge- can be a person, can be a long speech.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt says a "radicalizer" can be "glossy magazines, Twitter, Facebook, videos, chants or nasheeds" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 58m 58 minutes ago
Levitt: These days, we have glossy magazines, Twitter accounts, devotional songs, Facebook accounts...all can radicalize.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 57m 57 minutes ago
Levitt says some music, ("nasheeds"), have ability to help radicalize someone. This jury saw many nasheeds on #Tsarnaev's digital devices.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Levitt: "You can hear, you can read, you can see people who speak your language...that removes barriers to entry" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt: is there a way to tell how radicalized someone is? Levitt: until somebody acts it's difficult to tell @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 60m 60 minutes ago
Levitt: Over past few years, we watch people become radicalized on a much much faster timeline.
#Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 58m 58 minutes ago
Levitt: No one can predict who will become a terrorist. Anyone can access information in their mom's basement.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
Levitt says now there is "terrorism in the go - you want to know how to put together a bomb, you go online" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 58m 58 minutes ago
Levitt: It's called "terrorism on the go". Want to know how to build a bomb, have secure communications, travel to danger zones? All online.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 55m 55 minutes ago
Levitt: Huge online presence encouraging radicalized youth to take the fight to your home; do what you can do to defend your people.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Levitt on Inspire Mag: "it was written in American colloquial English so it's accessible & understandable to American youth" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
Chakravarty: Does this movement specifically message to people in the United States? Levitt: It does. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54m 54 minutes ago
Levitt now speaks specifically about Inspire Magazine, a product of AQAP.
This jury has seen #Tsarnaev's computers loaded w/ its downloads.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Levitt says Anwar Al Awlaki started Inspire Magazine, having lived in the US much of his life he was able to draw on that @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54m 54 minutes ago
Levitt says Inspire works well b/c it's a glossy magazine written in simple, colloquial English. Step-by-step bomb-making instructions.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54m 54 minutes ago
Levitt: Bomb making instructions not unlike the directions in the Lego boxes I give to my children.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51m 51 minutes ago
Levitt: Many people get hooked on the Awlaki lectures on Islam & then they follow him into his expressly violent lectures @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Levitt: Anwar al-Awlaki is behind for "Inspire", and also for violent nasheeds and a long lecture series, one of which is "The Hereafter".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Levitt: Many people get hooked on al-Awlaki lectures about Islam, and then follow him to his more violence-inducing lectures.

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50m 50 minutes ago
Chakravarty is now asking Levitt to explain an Awlaki lecture from Dzhokhar's laptop @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Jury now seeing files from #Tsarnaev's laptop - with al-Awlaki content.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
Govt then pulls up a tweet from Dzhokhar from the day of the 2012 Boston Marathon summarizing the Awlaki message @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50m 50 minutes ago
The 4/16/12 tweet by Dzhokhar read: "they will spend their money & they will regret it & then they will be defeated" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
Levitt reads one passage from that download, where Awlaki says "let them spend their money" trying to defeat us; that's how we will win.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Levitt now reads from #Tsarnaev's Twitter account; a nearly identical quote that Dzhokhar posted mirror's Awlaki's quote.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
Levitt is now discussing a very popular jihadi article "Join The Caravan" - that was also found on Dzhokhar's computer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46m 46 minutes ago
Levitt now speaks re: Chechnya & jihadi elements that developed there; the conflict was appropriated by jihadists to call others to arms.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46m 46 minutes ago
Levitt explains when Soviet Union fell, Chechnya became a prominent rally cry for jihad, jihadists used this as a platform @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46m 46 minutes ago
Levitt: Jihadis used the Chechen rebellion against Russia to encourage its global efforts, just as they're doing with Syria now.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46m 46 minutes ago
Levitt: In the home of anyone who has a computer, Syria has become the most powerful movement @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46m 46 minutes ago
As the discussion moves on to Syria, defense objects. Judge overrules @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45m 45 minutes ago
Levitt: Youth are bombarded with this idea of...come here to fight, but if you can't, then hit the infidels there at home.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 44m 44 minutes ago
AUSA Chakravarty goes back to the 1st issue of "Inspire Magazine".
Jurors see it, since it's in evidence, coming out of #Tsarnaev's drives.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43m 43 minutes ago
As jurors look at an Inspire Magazine cover, Levitt explains it goes one step further than suggesting someone take action @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43m 43 minutes ago
Levitt says Inspire Magazine enables someone to be able to go to the next level of taking action @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 42m 42 minutes ago
Levitt walks jurors through parts of this 1st issue - one section: "My advice to my Muslim brothers in the west..." is to do great damage.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 42m 42 minutes ago
From Inspire: "The successful means are through explosive devices and sacrificing souls."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42m 42 minutes ago
Levitt reads passage from Inspire Q&A: "acquire weapons & learn methods of wars..." @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40m 40 minutes ago
Again jurors are seeing the Inspire Magazine article "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 41m 41 minutes ago
One common article in these issues: "Open Source Jihad"...
Information about (in this case) "Make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom"

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 40m 40 minutes ago
The bomb-making article is by the Al Qaeda chef.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 40m 40 minutes ago
The "chef" goes on to offer a quote that seeks to justify the use of such a weapon in defense of their religion.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 40m 40 minutes ago
The "chef" goes on to offer a quote that seeks to justify the use of such a weapon in defense of their religion.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38m 38 minutes ago
The text here is unambiguous: a small # of fighters can have success, so join them and increase their numbers.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36m 36 minutes ago
Levitt says terrorism isn't just murder because it's "targeting civilians to achieve some type of political goal" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
The Inspire article says his type of terrorism could even lead to the resignation of the President of the U.S. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37m 37 minutes ago
Inspire: We can encourage the resignation of the President of the United States if we are successful; go to your kitchen & you can do this.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37m 37 minutes ago
Levitt reads more from Inspire: you can kill at least 10 people with just 1 or 2 days' worth of effort. Then, instructions.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
Inspire article gives bomb making instructions & says ingredients are readily available, buying them doesn't raise suspicion @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34m 34 minutes ago
Inspire article says a follower could build a bomb in a couple days to kill 10 people, over time could build bigger bomb @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31m 31 minutes ago
Article quoting US concern over jihad: "They only need to inspire one or two people to blow something up in the right place" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35m 35 minutes ago
al Awlaki has an extensive speech printed in this issue of Inspire, directing his attn at America & the west.
"You leave or you fight."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 35m 35 minutes ago
Jurors read along intently on their individual screens.
#Tsarnaev is leaning up close and studying his as well.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 34m 34 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is sitting forward in his seat (vs. his usual slump backwards), reading the Inspire on the screen in front of him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25m 25 minutes ago
Jurors now seeing another magazine cover titled "Jihad and the Effects of Intention Upon It" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30m 30 minutes ago
Levitt is delving into the docs from #Tsarnaev hard drives now; the jury only saw them fly by last wk when they were introduced.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24m 24 minutes ago
Levitt: if they act in "service of God", these people feel they are justified in their violence

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24m 24 minutes ago
Levitt says this means you have to do it for the right reason - "service in God, defense of the ummah" (Islam) @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21m 21 minutes ago
The jury is now hearing an audio track with religious music in the background & a man talking about Islam @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24m 24 minutes ago
Levitt reviewed audio files from #Tsarnaev's hard drives.
"Too many," he quips.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Another document encourages "lone" operators to keep their plans to themselves so that no one will know what they're thinking.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21m 21 minutes ago
Levitt says the man speaking on the audio recording was Anwar Al Awlaki @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19m 19 minutes ago
Levitt says Awlaki is saying that engaging in an act of jihad can be more spiritually fulfilling than other religious acts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
A 2nd audio clip says for Muslims "the clock is ticking" explains they must act quickly @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Jurors are about to hear 3 such audio files in court, and can read along with transcrips.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 23m 23 minutes ago
Audio 1: There is a chanting music playing softly, as an English-speaking man tells the story of a man who fought and died for Islam.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21m 21 minutes ago
The voice was Sheikh Anwar al-Awaki, Levitt says.
Lesson: do your jihad with "true intention" to get entry into highest levels of heaven.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21m 21 minutes ago
Levitt: if you do your jihad act, it can make up for other ways in which you were not a perfect Muslim.
"The clock is ticking!" says audio 2

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20m 20 minutes ago
Audio 2: birthdays are a big deal in the west, the man's voice explains, over music. But a muslim believes "your life is already destined".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19m 19 minutes ago
Audio says instead of celebrating birthdays like the West "You're not fighting with nature, your life is already destined" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 19m 19 minutes ago
Audio 2: Muslims should see birthdays as one year closer to your pre-ordained death, to meeting Allah; have I prepared for it?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
2nd audio clip also of Awlaki says you don't sit with a cake & blow out candles, you know "I am one year closer to my death" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Levitt says Awlaki focuses on a pre-destined time of death, take your time to do the right thing, you must prepare for it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16m 16 minutes ago
Levitt explains in the background of these audio clips is a Nasheed (chanting) under an Awlaki sermon @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 19m 19 minutes ago
Levitt: That voice was al-Awlaki, too, ordering followers to act immediately and also to break with the West.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17m 17 minutes ago
The background music was one of those "nasheeds" explained earlier.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16m 16 minutes ago
Audio 3 is another English-speaking man, screaming...
#Tsarnaev is once again deeply engrossed in his monitor, reading along.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16m 16 minutes ago
Audio 3 was not al-Awlaki, Levitt says, adding this clip tries to portray Islam in a more violent context.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15m 15 minutes ago
Jury just heard a 3rd audio clip, not Awlaki, more shrill & intense, shouting to the listener @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15m 15 minutes ago
Levitt: You can download them to your MP3 player or to your car & you can listen to them anytime you want @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16m 16 minutes ago
Levitt: these small files are meant to be downloaded and taken with you on "your mp3 player" or in your car.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17m 17 minutes ago
Levitt will now review the text of #Tsarnaev's pencil-scrawled and bullet hole-ridden boat note.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16m 16 minutes ago
Chakravarty now pulls up the 3 images from the writings inside the Watertown boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15m 15 minutes ago
Levitt says of the boat message: "the audience is the American public" & it's "an attempt to explain what's been done" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17m 17 minutes ago
Levitt: It is clear the audience of #Tsarnaev's boat note is an American audience, by the grammar and language he chose.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16m 16 minutes ago
Levitt: The boat note is similar in theme and content to those in the global jihad movement.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14m 14 minutes ago
Levitt reads except where Dzhokhar writes he's jealous of his brother who received the reward of jannutul Firdaus before him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15m 15 minutes ago
That first line, re: #Tsarnaev being jealous of his brother for getting to highest level of paradise "(god willing)", Levitt says, is an eg.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 13m 13 minutes ago
Levitt is going line by line in #Tsarnaev's boat note & finding what he says are its sources from docs/downloads from #Tsarnaev's drives.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11m 11 minutes ago
Chakravarty is going through more of the Watertown boat writings & then going through the bomb making article @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10m 10 minutes ago
The bomb making article describes a pressure cooker bomb, put close to its intended targets @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11m 11 minutes ago
Levitt reading again now from Inspire magazine, the part about using a "pressurized cooker" or two at a public event, putting it near ppl.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7m 7 minutes ago
Levitt also asked to explain this flag; it's a symbol used by many jihadis, he says.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8m 8 minutes ago
Levitt says the 3rd Watertown boat panel shows a "statement of faith" often made on someone's deathbed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
Jury now seeing side-by-side displays of #Tsarnaev boat note and passages from Inspire magazines.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Levitt compares another boat writing to an Inspire magazine article "we Muslims are one body, you hurt one, you hurt us all" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
#Tsarnaev wrote "we Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all."
Levitt finds that idea's roots in an Inspire-downloaded document.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Throughout this #Tsarnaev is sitting with his arm slung back over his chair, staring ahead at video screen in front of him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24s 24 seconds ago
The line-by-line analysis continues; Levitt & prosecutors take #Tsarnaev's boat writings & connect them to different jihadi essays & docs.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Boat message reads: "we are promised victory and we will surely get it" - Inspire Mag reads: "Victory is on our side" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1m 1 minute ago
It's 4pm, but AUSA Chakravarty says he has more to go; judge calls for sidebar.
Much more for Levitt, whose got a flight to catch...

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 10 seconds ago
After a sidebar, Judge O'Toole says the jury is done for the day. Levitt needs to head to Europe so unclear what will happen @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge says we will end here, resume tomorrow morning.
Jury excused for day.
#Tsarnaev
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense grills FBI Special Agent Kevin Swindon on witness stand

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/03/dzhokhar_tsarnaevs_defense_gri.html
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The Boston Globe ‏@BostonGlobe 2h2 hours ago
A catalog of photos and other exhibits from the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev http://ow.ly/KGzDG

 

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WBUR Poll: Most In Boston Think Tsarnaev Should Get Life In Prison Over Death Penalty

http://www.wbur.org/2015/03/23/wbur-poll-tsarnaev-death-penalty-life-in-prison

 

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One of three friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev freed to house arrest pending trial for helping suspect

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-friend-freed-article-1.1336407
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Admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev surfed sites typical of 'an adolescent male' along with extremist sites, lawyer says

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...orts/basketball/nets+(Sports/Basketball/Nets)

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
A Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev selfie that emerged in evidence today.

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
NEW: Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev resume describing himself as "responsible, hard worker...nice, can enforce rules" @NECN

 

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Arthur Lien @Courtartist · 2h 2 hours ago
Slow Day At Tsarnaev Trial - http://courtartist.com/2015/03/tsarnaev-trial-sketches-2.html …

 

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Terrorism expert: Tsarnaev note in boat used jihadi themes

http://www.whdh.com/story/28594300/terrorism-expert-tsarnaev-note-in-boat-used-jihadi-themes