Free Republic

Russian authorities intercepted a communication in 2011 between the mother of the accused Boston Marathon bombers and someone who may have been one of her sons "discussing jihad," a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN's Susan Candiotti. The Russians turned over their intercept of the conversation -- which the official described as vague -- in the last few days. Twelve days after a pair of blasts turned celebratory cheers into screams of horror at the Boston Marathon's finish line, investigators continued working -- interviewing people and searching for evidence, even when it meant sifting through trash --...