That was in 2011. the unknown state was Russia. So, if Russia suspected he was trying to join an underground group, and believed he would be leaving the US to pursue that interest, why did Russia allow him into the country in 2012? Were the Russians as unaware as the FBI of his presence in their country because his name was misspelled? Did he even make it to Russia, and did he go anywhere else while he was overseas? The FBI/CIA need to actively pursue this.
>>>That was in 2011. the unknown state was Russia. So, if Russia suspected he was trying to join an underground group, and believed he would be leaving the US to pursue that interest, why did Russia allow him into the country in 2012? Were the Russians as unaware as the FBI of his presence in their country because his name was misspelled? Did he even make it to Russia, and did he go anywhere else while he was overseas? The FBI/CIA need to actively pursue this.<<<
He was a Russian citizen and they had no legal power to stop him. I think they could request FBI in hope they could arrest and charge him.
Also, Russian criminal code lacks a concept of “conspiracy”. They can’t prosecute one who wasn’t involved in any finished or attempted terror act.
Also exposed sympathizers are valuable sources of intel, as soon as you identified one you can track his on-line activity and phone calls to find other perps and learn their activity including preparation to real terror like Boston bombing.
I guess most of terror acts prevented in Russia in a period of a few last years were foiled this way.