Daniel Larison

Boston bombing: the danger of half-truths and misinformation

Reports that two young Chechen men, Dzokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, were responsible for Monday’s bombings in Boston and the subsequent murder of an MIT campus police officer have probably left many Americans more than a little confused. Most Americans may vaguely remember the Chechen wars of the 1990s and early 2000s, but most also