Originally Posted by kane

I think it all depends. If this was a well planned thing by a group (or even a very well prepared individual) that was not from Boston I could see how they would come into town, carry out their mission, and then leave.

Still, how far they go to then hide would depend on their level of paranoia. Say, for example, they were from Idaho. They carry out the bombing, go back to Idaho and lay low. They wouldn't want to act strange or draw attention to themselves to they go about living their lives and pretending like nothing ever happened. So long as they have no idea that the FBI is on to them they could go on doing just that then one day at 4am the tact team raids their house.

However, if one afternoon they turn on the news and see pictures of themselves and they see that the FBI considers them suspects they might then decide to bug out and if they have a backup plan for going into deeper hiding they could carry it out.

All I am saying is that by posting pictures or video of potential suspects on the news can serve to notify those who did it that the FBI is getting close and it could cause them to go further into hiding.