The FBI and I don’t know who planted the bombs in Boston. Nor does Susan Collins, Senator from Maine. She, however, is willing to speculate (from Dave Weigel at Slate):
“Whenever we have an attack like this it’s difficult not to think that it’s somehow involved in Islamic extremism,†said Maine Sen. Susan Collins, until recently a top member of the Homeland Security committee and still a prime mover on security bills. “I don’t have evidence to back that up. That’s just based on previous attacks.â€
This is really dumb–“based on previous attacks” is evidence. Really bad evidence. Via Ballon Juice:
Maybe there ought to be some kind of history test for Senator.