04-20-2013, 03:59 PM
(04-20-2013, 03:43 PM)username Wrote: I was watching Fox News today and lawyers seemed to state that the public safety exception doesn't necessarily have an expiration time. I briefly skimmed the following and I don't see reference to a 48 hour time period although I've seen that reported in the news too.
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/public...gal_digest
The 48 hours isn't part of the law, AFAIK. It's a guideline max that's not been exceeded in the past and what Obama has agreed to. To the best of my knowledge.
3 Friends of the suspect were taken into custody. Could just be routine questioning, despite the salacious headlines. Remains to be seen.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. —Three people were detained by the FBI in New Bedford on Friday in connection with one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
Officials said they were being questions about their "familiarization" with the man police have called Suspect No. 2. Their names were not released.
More here:
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/3-d...index.html