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| The FBI admitted Friday they interviewed the now-deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago and failed to find any incriminating information about him. As first reported by CBS News correspondent Bob Orr, the FBI interviewed Tsarnaev, the elder brother of at-large bombing suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, at the request of a foreign government to see if he had any extremist ties, but failed to find any linkage. Both Tsarnaev brothers were legal permanent residents of the U.S. There is no evidence so far that either brother received any tactical training. CBS News correspondent John Miller reports it is likely Russia asked to have the elder Tsarnaev vetted because of suspected ties to Chechen extremists. The FBI is likely to have run a background check, running his name through all the relevant databases, including those of other agencies, checking on his communications and all of his overseas travel. Miller reports that culminated in a sit-down interview where they probably asked him a lot of questions about his life, his contacts, his surroundings. All of this was then written in a report and sent it to the requesting government. This is an issue they've had in the past. They interviewed Carlos Bledsoe in Little Rock, Ark., before he shot up an Army recruiting station in 2009. They were also looking into Major Hasan Nadal before the Fort Hood shootings. However, the FBI has maintained in those incidents that they took all the steps they were asked to and were allowed to under the law. Although the FBI initially denied contacting Tsarnaev, the brothers' mother said they had in an interview with Russia Today. Zubeidat Tsarnaeva said her son got involved in "religious politics" about five years ago, and never told her he was involved in "jihad."
Tsarnaeva, who is a U.S. citizen currently in Russia, told Russia Today the FBI had called her with concerns about her elder son, although she did not specify when exactly she was contacted. "They used to come [to our] home, they used to talk to me ... they were telling me that he was really an extremist leader and that they were afraid of him," Tsarnaeva said. "They told me whatever information he is getting, he gets from these extremist sites... they were controlling him, they were controlling his every step...and now they say that this is a terrorist act!" | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #25 First, there are clear shots of that plate elsewhere. It says terrorista. Second, MA requires legal plates front and rear. These guys are pretty bold and confident, aren't they. |
| Posted by: KBK 2013-04-20 21:59 |
| #24 I believe that Massachusetts only has a rear plate, like PA, NC, SC, GA and FL. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-04-20 20:37 |
| #23 not sure about mass. license plate laws but many states say you have to have proper plates front and back.. |
| Posted by: linker 2013-04-20 19:44 |
| #22 oh sorry - i ment to add this image was photoshoped with cs3+ |
| Posted by: linker 2013-04-20 19:41 |
| #21 '#15 Can anyone with a magic graphic suite work out what his license plate says?' It says - TERROR3[?]ETZ[?] [space} ?vV |
| Posted by: linker 2013-04-20 19:40 |
| #20 Here is where it gets really troubling. Tamerlan is inerviewed two years ago at the request of the SVR/FSB and we can assume that they cite Chechen/Jihadi connections. We can assume that State was the conduit or was copied a result of the field interview/EC by the field agent/JTTF member. One must assume in the filing of the interview report and followup investigation that produced no "incriminating evidence" that there were words for the cross reference/grographic search criteria that included Boston, redicalized, Chechen,foreign government referral, etc. Two years later, boom, with a signature explosive that in the initial 24 hour period gives a signature of the kind of device favored by jihadi groups, Islamists, foreign trained radicals. So the FBI and the entire federal government commits thousands of agents/analysts/investigators searching every conceivable database, and they get bupkiss about this kid? I've done a few linak analysis/analyst notebook/EC searches, and this is beyond understanding. They don't go loooking for the host of people who fit those criteria and come up with these mutts? It requires a photo plea to the public to get movement? Something is not adding up. And, what about the Mosque, its links to other Mosques, and the suddenly deported person of interest Al-Haribi ($) whose family is deep in AQ support and was also a student in the Boston area. an now we find the Chechen Emirate in Tamerlan past and its link to AQ. Does anyone else smell the whiff of overripe seafood? Please........ |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2013-04-20 18:45 |
| #19 No. And it was Oswald with a rifle. They were victims of poor navigation Crater had it coming, whatever it was. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-04-20 15:05 |
| #18 Don't know about the rest of the article but U-Mass Dartmouth is that "safe" school that you apply to cause you have to get in somewhere (first hand experience of youngest son). Sounds like they conflated the UKs Cambridge with Dartmouth in New Hampshire. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-04-20 14:29 |
| #17 I didn't think the Midwest started in Cambridge these days; I thought you had to go all the way to the Hudson. Just ask Maureen Dowd. The Midwest starts on the western side of the Hudson River just across from Manhattan. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2013-04-20 14:17 |
| #16 I'm not discounting Debka either. This type of story is closer to their editorial objective; it would make sense that they'd do a more thorough 'journalistic' job, like quoting people. Still, there's some howlers in there. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-20 13:12 |
| #15 Can anyone with a magic graphic suite work out what his license plate says? |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-04-20 12:55 |
| #14 FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, anyone heard or seen him lately? |
| Posted by: Black Bart Bucket8742 2013-04-20 12:39 |
| #13 From #4 Proc wrote "Kimmel and Short could not be reached for comment. " For the first fifteen seconds I was trying to recall the movie starring Jimmy Kimmel and Martin Short. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2013-04-20 12:37 |
| #12 I am not discounting DEBKAfile completely. There are very well established protocols [Laws] for US Intelligence or law enforcement contact with Non-US Persons. How many times and on what dates did the Bureau [or anyone else] meet with Tsarvaev? Reports on each personal meet [PM] with Non-US Persons are maintained? Outstanding issues? Recommendations? Contact terminations, etc? If Tsarnaev was of no interest to the Bureau or US Intelligence, why not ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-20 12:26 |
| #11 I didn't think the Midwest started in Cambridge these days; I thought you had to go all the way to the Hudson. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-04-20 11:45 |
| #10 The city of Cambridge was the source of the scholarship. UMass-Dartmouth is not an 'elite American college". I'm sure UMass has admission qualifications, really doubt they are 'exceptionally stiff.' Debka's almost up there with the BBC, or the NYT when it comes to the Midwest. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-20 10:34 |
| #9 From the above Debka article: An elite American college in Cambridge admitted younger brother Dzhokhar and granted him a $2,500 scholarship, without subjecting him to the exceptionally stiff standard conditions of admission. The city of Cambridge was the source of the scholarship. UMass-Dartmouth is not an 'elite American college". I'm sure UMass has admission qualifications, really doubt they are 'exceptionally stiff.' |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-04-20 10:24 |
| #8 I hope and pray the DEBKAfile story is totally bogus, black helos. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-20 10:24 |
| #7 I hope the Congress demands to look at the Tsarnaev file. Look at the last date of contact. Last US contact with foreign intelligence ref the subject. Agent assessments on subject, recommendations, etc. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-20 10:21 |
| #6 The Tsarnaev brothers were double agents who decoyed US into terror trap |
| Posted by: Thromotch Pheatle9230 2013-04-20 10:19 |
| #5 "They told me whatever information he is getting, he gets from these extremist sites... they were controlling him, they were controlling his every step...and now they say that this is a terrorist act!" If true, appears to be an amazing similarity between Nadal Hasan and the older Tsarnaev. Was Tsarnaev an unwitting source gone bad? Lots of questions here. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-20 10:18 |
| #4 File under investigations right next to Muslims studying at flight schools prior to 9/11. No one got fired on ignoring that one either. Has 'making an example to encourage others' been forgotten in human behavior modification? Kimmel and Short could not be reached for comment. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-20 07:56 |
| #3 Quite obviously a rhetorical question NMBS. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-20 00:46 |
| #2 SO let me get this straight. If a non-citizen is referred to the FBI/DHS by a foreign intelligence service, and the standard for denial to retain green card status after six months out of the country, when the subject is a known Muslim, Chechen jihadi-condoning individual, must be incriminating evidence? Jesus Mary and Joseph, how f'ing stupid a nation have we become? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2013-04-20 00:21 |
| #1 If INS Agent Brian A. Terry were alive today, he might have an interesting comment or two. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-20 00:16 |