Posted on 04/22/2013 5:32:35 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
The Department of Homeland Security was dragging its feet on processing Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's U.S. citizenship after a routine background check revealed he had been questioned by the FBI in 2011.
Authorities knew the alleged bomber had a domestic violence charge on his record but the fact he had been grilled by federal agents is reportedly what threw up red flags, halting the progress of his application.
It's not clear what the 26-year-old, who was killed early Friday, was told about why his application was facing delays.
Tamerlan, 26, filed an application for citizenship six months ago but immigration officials had not yet made a decision on his case at the time of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Official reported on Friday that the F.B.I. interviewed the older Tsarnaev brother in January 2011 at the request of the Russian government, which suspected that he had ties to Chechen terrorists.
They said this decision to delay his application proved his encounter with the F.B.I. did not go unnoticed by the Department of Homeland security.
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But McCaul and King said the handling of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's case looked like it was part of a pattern.
The 26-year-old 'appears to be the fifth person since September 11, 2001, to participate in terror attacks despite being under investigation by the FBI,' the pair said in a joint letter.
They named the others as Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric and leader of al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen who was killed in a U.S. drone strike; David Headley, an American who admitted scouting targets for a 2008 Islamic militant raid on Mumbai; Carlos Bledsoe, who killed an Army private outside a military recruiting office in Arkansas in 2009; and Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
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Look I can’t tell you or express how upset I am right now, there is a giant gorilla called the house of Saud smashing everything and everyone in their orbit to kill this story. I know the people Beck uses to keep him safe and I pray they are on their toes.
Finally the DHS did something right imho
Please tell me that last GIF of the cop climbing over an open gate is fake. Please please please. Pleeeeeeaaaaaassseeeee! Because that is too much stupid for a Tuesday morning. Wow!
Agent #1- “ WTH? Well he’s young & eager.” Agent 2#- “Yeah. I’m just glad he’s in front us.”
Unfortunately, not. Here is the full clip on YouTube.
Oh, it wasn't a cop, it was an FBI agent.
FBI agent... that is actually worse, meaning funnier, IMO.
lol
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