Communications Major

Within hours of obtaining identifications of the Boston marathon bombing suspects, police likely obtained search warrants and extensive digital records from mobile phone networks and social media and e-mail providers.

The fast-growing rise of such data sets—and rise of network analysis tools to make sense of them—could provide a boon in the investigation. It might reveal the existence of other evidence, further plots, or the identity of accomplices.

For the overwhelming majority of Americans, there’s nothing to do in response to the horrific news of a gunman who killed 18 children in a Connecticut elementary school. So, in what’s becoming an emerging trend in response to news of mass shootings, many gun control advocates are directing their horror at the National Rifle Association (NRA) online.