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30 Sep 2019
Peter Bergen's interview on CNN did not blame right-wing extremists for the Boston bombing but stated that foreign-based terrorist groups were more likely.

So he's referring to here an interview on CNN that Jake Tapper did with security analyst Peter Bergen. Allow me to read to you from a media article that Alex has referenced. Quote, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen told host Jake Tapper on Monday that the explosions in Boston could be the work of al-Qaeda terrorists as much as they could have been a planned assault by right-wing extremists. That is not blaming right-wing extremists. That is saying that either of those sorts of terrorism were possibilities, and the situation is still unfolding. Legitimately, listen to this. Quote, Bergen said that hydrogen peroxide, a hydrogen peroxide device, would signal that foreign-based terrorist groups are behind the attack. However, if there was another explosive used, that may signal right-wing terrorists were involved. Quote, we've seen a number of failed bombing attempts by Al-Qaeda, Bergen cautioned, but we've also seen other extremist groups. Right-wing groups trying to attack, for instance, trying to attack the Martin Luther King parade in Oregon in 2010. He said that he thinks that hydrogen peroxide bomb was more likely used here, signaling that Bergen believes that foreign-based terror groups are likely or are more likely behind this. So even this article and this interview that the CNN analyst said, based on what he believes the bomb to be, he believes that foreign actors are more likely. So this does not work.