Secret Boston Intelligence Report Flagged 'Increased Vulnerability' Of Marathon Finish Line FIVE DAYS Before Fatal Bombings

• Finish line was ‘area of increased vulnerability,’ report read
• Boston police chief testified that the federal government withheld information about the Tsarnaev brothers
• ‘The failure to share information is absolutely indefensible,’ said New York Rep. Peter King of the brothers’ plans to bomb Times Square

By David Martosko

PUBLISHED: 11:50 EST, 9 May 2013 | UPDATED: 13:29 EST, 9 May 2013

Boston’s mourners were handed a stunning development Thursday with news that a secret intelligence assessment, issued just five days before the Boston Marathon bombings, specifically warned that the finish line area was an ‘area of increased vulnerability’ for terrorist bombers.

The report, now eerie in its accuracy, raised alarms over fears that terrorists could execute ‘small scale bombings’ aimed at killing both marathon runners and spectators near the race’s end point.

Two officials read portions of the 18-page report to a reporter in the Los Angeles Times‘ Boston bureau, according to the paper.The ‘Joint Special Event Assessment’ was issued on April 10, and concluded that there was ‘no credible, specific information indicating an imminent threat’ to anyone running or attending the race.

That assessment, according to the LA Times, included a caution that ‘The FBI has not identified any specific lone offender or extremist group who pose a threat to the Boston marathon.’

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