Sunday, May 5, 2013

Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation Is Now Focusing On The Wife And Friends Of The Bombers

Katherine Russell outside the building in Cambridge, Mass., where she lived with Tamerlan Tsarnaev and their daughter. Evan McGlinn for The New York Times

Al Qaeda Magazine Found On Laptop Of Bomber's Widow: Suspicion Over FBI Tsarnaev's Wife Grows After Radical Islamist Files Found Along With Traces Of Explosive Residue Throughout Her Home -- Daily Mail

* Katherine Russell, 24, had al Qaeda's extremist Inspire magazine on her computer
* Traces of explosives were found in bathtub, sink and on a table in her and Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Cambridge, Mass., home
* Russell spoke to Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the hours after the FBI released images of him, but she will not reveal what they discussed
* Fingerprints and DNA found on at least one bomb does not belong to her
* Authorities 'skeptical about her insistence she had nothing to do with it'

Federal officials investigating the Boston bombings have discovered radical Islamist materials on a computer belonging to the widow of the deceased suspect, it has been revealed.

Katherine Russell, 24, has repeatedly claimed through her attorney that she knew nothing about the deadly April 15 bombings allegedly set off by her late husband, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and his younger brother, Dzhokhar.

However, the discovery of al Qaeda’s Inspire magazine on Russell’s computer, along with the presence of explosive residue throughout their home, have raised new questions about Russell's possible involvement in the act of terror.

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Update #1: Legal experts say feds are pressuring widow, friends to cooperate in marathon bombing probe -- Washington Post/AP
Update #2: Path From ‘Social Butterfly’ to Boston Suspect’s Widow -- New York Times

My Comment:
Maybe not so innocent looking after-all. But unless they have some hard evidence, I doubt that the authorities are going to prosecute her.

2 comments:

LoneWolf Media said...
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LoneWolf Media said...

If found guilty she should have the book thrown at her.