Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Kelly confirm: Boston Marathon bombers wanted to detonate bombs in Times Square

From the Boston Globe:

The bombing suspects “intended to drive to New York and detonate additional explosives in Times Square,” [New York Mayor Michael] Bloomberg said. Bloomberg said city officials had been notified by the FBI Wednesday night about the statements by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is in the hospital.

New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said Tsarnaev had initially told investigators that he and his brother had decided to go to New York to “party.” But that story changed, he said, in a subsequent interrogation.

Kelly said Tsarnaev told investigators that the the brothers had “decided spontaneously” on Times Square as a target, while they were driving around in a carjacked Mercedes last Thursday night...

Kelly said the brothers had six bombs in their possession: one pressure cooker bomb like those used to attack the Marathon and five pipe bombs. But Kelly said the plan “fell apart” when the brothers realized they were low on gas...

The brothers had six bombs in their possession and one pressure cooker, which would indicate that their decision to set off bombs was not spontaneous, and that they already had plans to set off the bombs before they hijacked the car. The question arises: Since they already had plans to detonate the bombs before they hijacked the car, is it sensible to believe they didn't have a specific target in mind before the hijacking, and that they only decided on a target while they were driving around in the car?!

Maybe..., maybe not......

Hmmm......

But, if Times Square wasn't a spontaneous target, but rather a premeditated target, why would Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lie and say it was spontaneous?

I could speculate, and offer up a theory - if the theory were sound - and I'm not sure it is, so I'll skip it.

[Hint: New York connections.....]

However, one way to dovetail Tsarnaev's 'spontaneous' claim with his premeditated bombing plot might be as follows: The brothers had plans to set off another round of explosions in Boston, but changed their minds and decided it would be easier to flee to New York and detonate the bombs there. But, I'm not sure I like that explanation....