Show Recap
On this special April 15, 2013 broadcast of Decrypted Matrix Radio, Max dedicated the show to breaking down the Boston Marathon bombing that had just rocked the nation. With three dead and over 260 injured after two pressure cooker bombs detonated near the finish line, the show examined the emerging details, inconsistencies, and the broader implications of the attack while the rest of the media scrambled for ratings.
Boston Marathon Bombing: Analyzing the Evidence
Max provided real-time analysis of the Boston Marathon bombing as details were still emerging on April 15, 2013. Two bombs detonated near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon at approximately 2:49 PM, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others in one of the most significant terror attacks on U.S. soil since September 11. The show examined how establishment media immediately moved to exploit the tragedy for maximum emotional impact while key questions went unasked. Max urged listeners to pay attention to the details that would emerge in the coming days rather than accepting the first narrative presented by authorities.
Reports of a Bomb Drill Coinciding with the Explosions
The broadcast highlighted eyewitness accounts, including statements from a University of Mobile cross country coach who was near the finish line and reported seeing bomb-sniffing dogs at both the start and finish lines. The coach described announcements over loudspeakers telling spectators it was “just a drill” and that there was nothing to worry about. Max questioned why a bomb detection exercise would be running simultaneously with the actual marathon event and why authorities were not more forthcoming about the security operations in place that day. Reports also emerged of a mass casualty mobile triage system that had been deployed to the area three days before the bombing, raising additional questions about advance knowledge and preparation.
FAA No-Fly Zone and Media Control
The show noted that the FAA quickly imposed a no-fly zone over Boston in the aftermath of the bombing, restricting aerial news coverage and independent media access to the scene. Max connected this to a broader pattern of controlling the information environment during crisis events, ensuring that the official narrative could be established without interference from independent journalists or citizen reporters with aerial capabilities.
CISPA Marked Up in Secret
While the nation’s attention was fixed on Boston, the House Intelligence Committee had quietly marked up CISPA—the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act—entirely behind closed doors. The controversial cybersecurity bill would allow companies to share customers’ sensitive internet data with the government, and civil liberties organizations including the ACLU and EFF warned it remained fatally flawed despite amendments. The committee passed it 18-2 in the secret markup, and Max pointed out how major terror events consistently coincided with the advancement of surveillance legislation that would otherwise face significant public opposition.
Gold Price Crashes
The broadcast also covered the historic crash in gold prices on the same day as the Boston bombing. Gold logged its biggest one-day decline in over 30 years, plummeting per ounce—a 9 percent drop to ,361. The two-session decline of 13 percent since April 11 was the largest since 1980. Max discussed whether the crash was deliberately engineered through computerized trading and massive sell orders, noting that talk of Cyprus central bank gold sales and large ETF liquidations had preceded the plunge. The timing of the gold crash alongside the Boston attack raised questions about whether the bombing served as cover for major financial market manipulation.
IBM Executives and NSA Information Sharing
Max also reported on revelations that approximately 200 IBM executives had been sharing private corporate information with the NSA, highlighting the deep entanglement between major technology corporations and the intelligence community long before the Snowden revelations would blow the lid off mass surveillance programs later that year.
