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A meeting Secretary of State John Kerry held with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal was abruptly closed to press coverage Tuesday morning. The State Department initially provided no reason for the change, which was announced just 15 minutes before the scheduled 10 A.M. session, but media reports have said that a Saudi national in the U.S. on a student visa is a "person of interest" to investigators probing the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday. The person being investigated was badly injured in the attack, sources said. "Apologies for short notice," the State Department's press office told reporters...

Kerry’s previous rounds of meetings with foreign ministers had been open to the press. And the meeting with the Saudi Foreign Minister should have been far less controversial than his meetings with foreign ministers in Asia where the North Korean crisis was still underway. The meeting with the Saudi Foreign Minister should have been open to the press as well. But then suddenly, it wasn’t. A meeting Secretary of State John Kerry was to hold with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal was abruptly closed to press coverage Tuesday morning. The State Department provided no reason for the change, which...

Facebook page of alleged Saudi "person of interest" who's in custody in Boston.

My Fox Boston identified the Saudi ‘person of interest’ as Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi. Al Arabiya’s Arabic site has posted photos of this individual, one in Saudi garb and the other in Western garb on what resembles a college campus. Note: While this is the individual in the hospital, there is no evidence yet that he is connected to the bombing. Stay tuned…

U.S. law enforcement officials said Tuesday that a Saudi national injured in the Boston Marathon bombing is regarded as a witness, not a suspect. The Saudi, who is recuperating at a Boston hospital, is in his 20s and is in the United States on a Saudi scholarship to study at a university in the Boston area.

More... bomb was "pressure cooker type" frequently used in Afghanistan... Bombs were loaded with nails and "pellets"... No other bombs found... FBI announces world-wide search for those responsible... Some bomb victims have as many as 40 pellets and nails in their bodies... Pressure cooker device may have been dropped into barrels along race route... Person of interest is Saudi "student," 20-years old, from town near Mecca, living in Revere, being treated for burns... gave police permission to enter his apartment in revere, said to be cooperating with police... not considered a suspect... no one in custody...

Neighbors of the Saudi student who was detained for 'acting suspiciously' at the marathon finish line said they were shocked to hear he had any involvement in the bombing as he is a 'quiet, devout Muslim who is a huge soccer fan'. Detectives and bomb disposal officers raided his apartment last night in the Revere area of Boston and could be seen removing several bags of evidence. The 20-year-old, who is studying English, is in hospital after suffering from serious burns and is said to be cooperating fully with police. He was tackled to the ground by a civilian who...

The Saudi being grilled by the FBI said, “I thought there would be a second bomb" and two bombs did go off. We now know that there were no unexploded bombs at Boston Marathon. Only two bombs --- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says no unexploded bombs were found at the Boston Marathon. He says the only explosives were the ones that went off Monday. “I thought there would be a second bomb." He is being grilled by the FBI, and police were seen carrying 20 large bags from his apartment in Revere, Massachusetts. If the police charge him or even...