Chechens for the day

Daniel Politi has a Slate article about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:

A helicopter equipped with a thermal imager was key to apprehending the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The Massachusetts State Police have released photos showing Tsarnaev hiding in a boat in Watertown, where he was eventually captured. The helicopter used thermal imaging to confirm there was someone hiding under a tarp.
“We have a FLIR (forward looking infrared device) on that helicopter. It picked up the heat signal of that individual,” Massachusetts State Police Colonel Timothy Alben said. 

The photos also show how police used an armored vehicle to lift the tarp off the boat:

 

Rico says he wonders why no one else finds 'a man in a boat' funny?