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Dzhokhar Investigation Turns Up ... Not Much

All red flags are tied to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, not his brother

(Newser) - Had counterterrorism officials been monitoring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the days leading up to the Boston marathon bombing, they wouldn't have found much to raise suspicions—other than Dzhokhar's relationship to Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Authorities have found no evidence that Dzhokhar frequented jihadist websites, bought suspicious items, posted radical rhetoric,...

Boston Fire Chief 'Failed' Marathon Test: Deputies

Department unanimous in 'no confidence' letter

(Newser) - Boston Fire Department Chief Steve Abraira failed to take charge at the Boston Marathon bombing scene, and is hence unfit for the job, all 13 of the department's deputy chiefs have declared. In a letter to the mayor obtained by the Boston Herald , the deputies say Abraira became a...

Tamerlan's Widow Will Cooperate: Lawyer

Joshua Dratel says he won't say anything else about the case

(Newser) - Joshua Dratel, the big-shot lawyer now representing Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell, has finally spoken to the press, saying Russell will cooperate with investigators—but don't expect to hear anything else from him. He intends to stay mum going forward. "It would be counterproductive for the investigation...

US: Russia Didn't Share Crucial Info on Tsarnaev

Intercepted text messages might have prompted bigger investigation

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal has the latest in the blame game going on about what the FBI did or didn't do in regard to Tamerlan Tsarnaev: It quotes US officials as criticizing Russia for failing to hand over text messages it intercepted between Tsarnaev's mother and a relative...

Forensics May Link Both Tsarnaevs to 2011 Murders

Sources tell ABC the evidence is mounting

(Newser) - One of the separate storylines that emerged after the Boston bombings is that police were looking at Tamerlan Tsarnaev as a possible suspect in a grisly triple-murder involving one of his old boxing friends in 2011. (On Sept. 11 of that year, as a matter of fact.) So how...

Report Warned About Marathon Finish Line

Cited threat of 'small-scale bombings'

(Newser) - An 18-page report that emerged days before the Boston Marathon proved chillingly accurate in its warning: It said the race's finish line was an "area of increased vulnerability," noting a threat of "small-scale bombings" by extremists, the Los Angeles Times reports. But the report, from the...

Boston Police Chief: FBI Never Told Us of Tamerlan

Ed Davis says his department should have been notified of investigation

(Newser) - Boston's police chief says the FBI never informed his department that it investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev a while back after getting a warning from Russia. Would it have mattered? Ed Davis told a House panel today that it's impossible to say but that his department "absolutely" would have...

Tamerlan Tsarnaev Buried
 Tamerlan Tsarnaev Buried 
May 9, 2013 9:28 AM CDT

Tamerlan Tsarnaev Buried

Suspected Boston marathon bomber buried at undisclosed location

(Newser) - A final resting place has been found for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but authorities haven't said where it is. A funeral home official tells the Boston Globe that the suspected Boston marathon bomber was buried somewhere outside Massachusetts, at a location approved by Tsarnaev's uncle, who has been representing the...

Conn. Man: You Can Bury Tsarnaev Next to My Mom

She taught him 'love thine enemy'

(Newser) - Has a grave finally been found for the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev? A Connecticut man has offered up the burial plot next to his mother, Valley News reports. "I am willing to donate a burial plot next to my mother in Mt. Carmel Burying Ground to the Tsarnaev family...

Dzhokhar: Tamerlan's Wife Played No Role in Attacks

Katherine Russell hires top lawyer

(Newser) - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spoke with investigators about his brother's widow , telling them she didn't have a hand in the Boston Marathon plot, an official tells USA Today . Tsarnaev reportedly discussed Katherine Russell with authorities days after the attacks. Meanwhile, Russell has bolstered her legal team with a leading New...

Fund Chief to Boston Victims: 'Lower Your Expectations'

Fund to distribute money by June 30

(Newser) - The One Fund Boston , the charitable organization set up to compensate Boston Marathon bombing victims, is anxious to get money to victims, administrator Kenneth Feinberg told people at a town hall meeting last night—even as he stressed that the money would be woefully inadequate to cover the injuries suffered....

Alleged Boston Liar OK to Release: Prosecutors
Alleged Boston Liar
Released on House Arrest
UPDATED
May 6, 2013 3:39 PM CDT

Alleged Boston Liar Released on House Arrest

Robel Phillipos will have to wear GPS bracelet under deal

(Newser) - Robel Phillipos, the Massachusetts teen who is accused of lying to investigators about the activities of friends Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev in the aftermath of the Boston bombing, has been released under house arrest until his trial begins after posting $100,000 bail, NBC reports. Reuters reports that prosecutors...

Mass. Lawmaker: Feds Need to Deal With Tsarnaev Body

No cemetery in state will take it

(Newser) - Tamerlan Tsarnaev's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni (who you may recall was not his nephew's biggest fan), has arrived at the funeral home currently housing Tsarnaev's body to arrange Muslim burial rites and aid in the search for a cemetery willing to bury it, the AP reports. The task...

LaPierre: Boston Proves Guns Stop Terrorists

'How many Bostonians wish they had a gun two weeks ago?'

(Newser) - Prepare yourself for another round of vicious gun debates: NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre has just linked the Boston Marathon bombings to gun rights, asking, "How many Bostonians wish they had a gun two weeks ago?" CNN reports. In a speech at the NRA's annual convention this weekend,...

Tamerlan's Widow Still Under Scrutiny

Investigators find radical material on her laptop

(Newser) - Investigators say DNA found on a fragment of one of the Boston bombs is not a match with samples taken from the widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, reports NBC News . But that doesn't mean 24-year-old Katherine Russell is in the clear. In fact, authorities are "sharpening" their investigation of...

Tamerlan's Cause of Death Revealed

Funeral home owner reads from death certificate

(Newser) - The death certificate of Tamerlan Tsarnaev apparently will hold no surprises. While Massachusetts officials have yet to release it publicly, the owner of the Worcester funeral home with his body said it lists the cause of death as "gunshot wounds of torso and extremities" and "blunt trauma to...

Tamerlan's Undertaker: 'I'm Not Honoring a Terrorist'

Owner of Worcester funeral home believes everyone deserves decent burial

(Newser) - Burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev isn't for the faint of heart—protesters gathered last night around a funeral home where the Boston bomber's body was initially taken after the state released it —but Peter Stefan is determined to do it. "I'm not honoring a terrorist," Stefan...

Tsarnaev Just One of 875K Names in Terrorist Database

List has added 330K new names in five years

(Newser) - Tamerlan Tsarnaev may have been flagged as a potential terrorist on a central intelligence database, but so were about 875,000 others—a statistic that has prompted some to question whether the master list has grown too unwieldy to be effective. Now we know just how quickly it has grown:...

Boston Suspects First Planned Attack for July 4

But they built their bombs too fast: reports

(Newser) - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators that he and his brother originally planned their attack for July 4th—but they built their bombs so quickly that they moved the mission up to the day of the Boston Marathon, reports outlets including the New York Times , Boston Globe , and CBS News . All of...

Family Claims Body of Tamerlan
Family
Claims Body
of Tamerlan
May 2, 2013 6:49 PM CDT

Family Claims Body of Tamerlan

He called wife before his death; FBI examines laptop

(Newser) - The family of Tamerlan Tsarnaev—or at least the funeral home it hired—claimed his body from Massachusetts officials today, reports AP . Widow Katherine Russell agreed earlier this week to release it to his side of the family. It's not clear yet where Tamerlan will be buried, though the...

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