Friday, April 19, 2013

Did The U.S. Government's Terror-Trackers Know About The Boston Bombers Before The Blasts?

Inquiry: After the drama has subsided, federal officers will be scoruing records to see if there was any way the bomber could have been stopped. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, right

Feds 'Investigating Possibility That The Government's Terror-Trackers Knew About The Boston Bombers Before The Blasts' -- Daily Mail

Federal law enforcement officials are actively investigating the possibility that the Boston bombers were known to the government’s terror-trackers, MailOnline understands.

Any inquiry into the marathon bombing will look into whether agents could have taken action – but didn’t – to prevent the Tsarnaev brothers from obtaining the explosives that killed 3 and wounded 173 others.

CBS News reported Friday evening that two years ago, the FBI interviewed the elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who was killed in Thursday night's dramatic shootout. The feds reportedly spoke to him at the request of an unspecified foreign government, but couldn't establish that he had ties to terrorist radicals.

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Update #1:
FBI interviewed Boston bombing suspect in 2011 -source -- Reuters
Update #2: FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago -- CBS

My Comment: The fact that the older brother was questioned tells me that there was something amiss .... you are never questioned by the police unless they see something that is not right and/or suspicious.

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