Sunday, August 17, 2008

Undergrads identify Pearl murder suspects after FBI gave up MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reported on Thursday that a group of college students may have succeeded where the FBI failed in identifying the killers of journalist Daniel Pearl. Although four men were convicted of Pearl's murder in Pakistan in 2002, there were thought to be as many as 19 more suspects. But now, says Maddow, "A group of undergrads at Georgetown University, led by a professor who was a colleague of Pearl's at the Wall Street Journal, have themselves figured out the real identities of 15 of those 19 at-large suspects. The professor, Asra Nomani, says, 'The FBI says this is an open investigation, but in talking to officials it's clear there's no work being done on the ground.'" "This is what you call a war on terror?" asked Maddow....

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rachel Maddow took this story from a Marie Claire magazine article this week. Here is a link to the full story:

http://www.marieclaire.com/world/news/terrorism-daniel-pearl-fbi

Frank DuBois said...

Thanks for the link.