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Massachusetts governor fields question from “false-flag” conspiracist

The dust has barely settled on the Boston Marathon bombings, but the truthers are already out in full force

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (AP/Elise Amendola)
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (AP/Elise Amendola)

On Monday afternoon, media entity and professional truther Alex Jones postulated that the Boston Marathon bombings were part of an elaborate government conspiracy to trample our personal freedoms. Within hours he’d found a new disciple to preach his gospel, a conspiracist who kicked off Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s 9:00 PM press conference with this gem: “Is this another false flag attack staged attack to take our civil liberties?”

Watch Patrick’s withering response below:

By Jacob Sugarman

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