According to court documents, Abdulrahman Alharbi, a Saudi Arabian student who lives in Revere, became the focus of public speculation for a brief time during the search for those responsible for setting off two pressure cooker bombs on Boylston Street. We know who this man is and, listen to me carefully, we know he is a very bad, bad, bad man.” 
 
 Beck continued days later: “While the media continues to look at what the causes were [behind] these two guys, there are, at this hour, three people involved,” he said, alleging the U.S. government had “tagged” Alharbi as a “proven terrorist.” 
 
 The broadcaster eventually called Alharbi an al-Qaeda “control agent” and the “money man” behind the attacks. By early Tuesday, reports of his full name and photos from his Facebook account were circulated.” 
 
 He was later exonerated by The Washington Post, and authorities said he was merely a “witness,” but Alharbi told The Islamic Monthly he feared for his life after being pegged as a possible terrorist. “The responsible officials quickly concluded that Mr. Alharbi, other then being injured in the attacks, had no involvement in the attacks,” his lawyer said. Although nothing turned up as a result of that search and Alharbi was later acquitted of any suspicions and outlets stopped focusing on Alharbi, according to the court documents Beck continued to apply pressure to federal investigators, blasting them for not detaining Alharbi for further questioning. “Alharbi, like many others, was questioned by federal authorities investigating the events of that day,” says the lawsuit. “Beck repeatedly and falsely identified Mr. Alharbi as an active participant, repeatedly questioned the motives of federal officials in failing to pursue or detain Alharbi and repeatedly and falsely accused Mr. Alharbi of being a criminal who had funded the attacks,” the lawsuit says. He’s asking that the courts determine the amount of damages they think this alleged defamation caused as well covering the cost of attorney’s fees. Beck’s allegations added to a cacophony of misinformation that rose out of the Boston bombings, as anonymous Redditors vented unsubstantiated suspicions, and the New York Post plastered its own accusations on the paper’s cover. (The New York Post was sued for defamation in Massachusetts court over the matter, and the case is pending.)
– Remember the Saudi Arabian student who was briefly questioned and quickly cleared in the Boston Marathon bombing? Well, Glenn Beck was really convinced that 20-year-old Abdulrahman Alharbi was behind the attacks, railing against Alharbi on multiple episodes of his show even after he'd been cleared; now Alharbi is suing Beck for defamation. Beck said, among other things: "We know who this Saudi national is," Beck said, threatening to "expose" Alharbi if the US government didn't. "We know who this man is and, listen to me carefully, we know he is a very bad, bad, bad man." "While the media continues to look at what the causes were [behind] these two guys [the Tsarnaev brothers], there are, at this hour, three people involved," Beck said, adding that Alharbi had been "tagged" by the government as a "proven terrorist." "You know who the Saudi is? He’s the money man. He’s the guy who paid for it," Beck said, also claiming Alharbi was an al-Qaeda "control agent." Beck has not responded to the suit, the Washington Post reports, and has been uncharacteristically quiet on Twitter since it was filed Friday. Alharbi is also suing the Blaze, Beck's network, Boston magazine reports.