In the aftermath of a very long week in Massachusetts, two things about the response to the Boston Marathon bombing seem clear. One is that command and control of the investigation was a mess. Rival federal agencies and police that couldn’t agree among themselves on Wednesday long enough to call a press conference overreacted Friday by shutting down some and eventually all of the city – then failed to find the fugitive. Political leadership, Gov. Deval Patrick in particular, seemed to simply stand aside. (Boston Mayor Tom Menino was sidelined with a broken leg.) With not much more than a shrug at the end of the day, the authorities ended their ill-considered “lockdown” Friday evening, fifteen hours after it began.
How Not to Organize a Search
How Not to Organize a Search
How Not to Organize a Search
In the aftermath of a very long week in Massachusetts, two things about the response to the Boston Marathon bombing seem clear. One is that command and control of the investigation was a mess. Rival federal agencies and police that couldn’t agree among themselves on Wednesday long enough to call a press conference overreacted Friday by shutting down some and eventually all of the city – then failed to find the fugitive. Political leadership, Gov. Deval Patrick in particular, seemed to simply stand aside. (Boston Mayor Tom Menino was sidelined with a broken leg.) With not much more than a shrug at the end of the day, the authorities ended their ill-considered “lockdown” Friday evening, fifteen hours after it began.