Russia asked the FBI to investigate Boston bombing
suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, a source in US law enforcement told
Reuters. The FBI had earlier reported on its website that an unnamed
‘foreign government’ had asked them for information.
The slain Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who
previously was designated as Suspect 1, was investigated in 2011 by
the FBI upon a certain foreign state’s request.
The state, which was not identified in the statement on the FBI
website, filed a request concerning Tsarnaev saying that he was a
follower of radical Islam and was preparing to leave the US for a
particular region to join
“unspecified underground
groups.”
The FBI says they checked all the information possible, looking
for
“derogatory telephone communications, possible use of online
sites associated with the promotion of radical activity,
associations with other persons of interest,” and checking the
suspect’s travel history, plans, and education history.
Tsarnaev and his family members were also interviewed by the
FBI.
Upon analyzing the data, the FBI had found nothing suspicious at
the time.
“The FBI did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or
foreign, and those results were provided to the foreign government
in the summer of 2011. The FBI requested but did not receive more
specific or additional information from the foreign
government,” the FBI statement says.
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