[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

An attack on April 15th.....hmmmmm...

If it was a McVeigh type, they would have gone after a government building. Why the marathon? It's more a jihadi m.o.

[AppyPappy]

“Why the marathon? “

Big splash. Reminiscent of Eric Rudolph and the Olympics

[dfwgator]

Why the marathon?

They probably did trial runs on several events and determined that the Marathon was the easiest target.

[apillar]

If it was a McVeigh type, they would have gone after a government building. Why the marathon? It's more a jihadi m.o.

Agreed, if it had been an IRS or other federal building, a McVeigh type would have been my first guess being April 15th. But a marathon reeks of Islamic terrorism and the fact the Marthon fell on tax day a coincidence.