Bomb Suspect Was Put on Two Watch Lists

WSJ ^ | Updated April 24, 2013, 10:31 p.m. ET | By SIOBHAN GORMAN, PERVAIZ SHALLWANI and EVAN PEREZ

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

U.S. authorities put alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev on two separate watch lists in 2011 after Russian security agencies twice reached out to their American counterparts, raising new questions about missed opportunities to prevent the attack.

Russian officials contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation in March 2011, then reached out to the Central Intelligence Agency in September of that year, citing concerns Mr. Tsarnaev might have been associating with extremists, according to U.S. officials.

The FBI has said it interviewed Mr. Tsarnaev and conducted a threat assessment, but found nothing "derogatory" that could prompt further investigation. A U.S. law-enforcement official said the case was closed after three months, after the FBI asked Russian counterparts for additional information, but received none.

U.S. officials said Wednesday that at the request of the CIA, Mr. Tsarnaev was added to a broad database called Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, which holds hundreds of thousands of names flagged by multiple U.S. security agencies.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Grampa Dave]

Obviously, big lesbo, er, big Sis didn't have them on her watch list. Potential Islamofascist terrorists didn't fit her profile:

[detective]

This story alone shows that the Obama Administration/MSM narrative is nothing but lies.

The MSM says these were just two kids acting alone.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Nice toon.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The MSM has gotton their directions are are gonna pound the political correct theme.

[Wanderer99]

Yep! Couldn’t find any connection to the Tea Party so they took him off the terror watch list.

[Venturer]

The FBI under Holder couldn’t find their ass with both hands and a flashlight.

[Truth29]

Obvious question: What isn’t being reported in this article? Were US Agencies too differential because of prohibitions against Muslim profiling and potential charges of bias, for instance?

[Diogenesis]

Whitey Bulger would be a better head of DO”J” than Holder.

[SusaninOhio]

It just gets better and better, doesn’t it?

[molson209]

three lists or it doesn’t count

[KC_Conspirator]

If Bush was president there would be immediate calls from the MSM/democrats for investigation and impeachment.

[NoLibZone]

They were busy defending Sandra Fluke.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

that is too close to their reality..

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Rudym,...ex major of NYC had comments on that last night on Hannity.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Rudym=> Rudy ....

[Travis McGee]

[Marine_Uncle]

"Investigators didn't find a gun in the boat that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding in when captured Friday, U.S. law enforcement officials said. Police initially said there was a shootout between officers and the suspect."

So many conflicting reports coming forth. Who where the police returning fire upon, based on the home videos we watched. /sarc.

[Political Junkie Too]

Maybe Obama is taking things too literally. Perhaps we should rename the "watch list" to a "do something about it" list?

-PJ