Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the FBI, and Lies

The FBI had contact with terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev before he murdered and maimed people at the Boston Marathon.

From CBS News:

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.

...Although the FBI initially denied contacting Tsarnaev, the brothers' mother said they had in an interview with Russia Today.

"The FBI initially denied contacting Tsarnaev."

What the hell?

Always a cover-up.

The FBI lied.

Of course, murderer Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Islamist, no doubt lied to the FBI.

The facts are the facts.

And the fact is there were concerns about terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Why wasn't he monitored by U.S. officials?

Why was someone deemed to be a possible or probable threat allowed to travel out of the country, spend six months in Russia, and then return?

There was a breakdown in the intelligence community and in terms of immigration.

Very disturbing.

How many others like him are floating around American cities, planning terror?