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Friend of Suspected Boston Marathon Bombers Was Followed by FBI Last Year

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI was closely monitoring a friend of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers last year and even urged him to avoid Boston’s Fourth of July fireworks, the Boston Globe reports. The agents were ordered to “make sure they stay with Mr. [Khairullozhon] Matanov, and don’t lose him,” Special Agent Timothy McElroy told…

Friend of Boston Marathon Bombers Sent Money to Six Countries Using Fake Names

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is accused of sending more than $71,000 to six countries, often using fake names between 2010 and 2013, the Associated Press reports. An FBI agent spoke of the money during testimony at a hearing Wednesday. The friend, Khairullozhon Matanov, stopped sending them money when…