Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Boston Marathon Bombing suspects planned to detonate the devices on July 4 but opted for the race because that’s when they finished making the explosives, the USA Today reports. During a hospital interview with the surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suggested the brothers finished making the bomb sooner than they had expected…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents Monday visited the Rhode Island home of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s and left with several bags. Katherine Russell married Tsarnaev three years ago and was reportedly questioned about how much she knew about the attack. “The FBI is there as part of our ongoing investigation, but we aren’t…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of radicalizing the older brother in the Boston Marathon bombings denied any wrongdoing and said he would never condone a terrorist attack, the Washington Times reports. Mikhail Allakhverdov, 39, a convert to Islam, denied allegations leveled by relatives of Tamerian Tsarnaev. “I wasn’t his teacher. If I had been…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The plan to set off bombs at the Boston Marathon wasn’t hatched until about a week before the event, the surviving suspect told investigators Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Writing from his hospital bed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said he and his brother acted alone and were not trained by outsider terrorist groups,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI investigated one of the Boston bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two years ago after Russia warned about his shift toward Islamic extremism, CNN reports. Now, some members of Congress are calling for an investigation to determine how Tsarnaev managed to convince the FBI that he wasn’t a threat, CNN wrote. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is disputing claims that agents met with one of the Boston bombing suspects after the devices detonated last week, the Associated Press reports. The mother of the suspects said the bureau met with Tamerlan Tsarnaev after the explosion – a claim that the FBI adamantly denies. FBI spokesman Michael Kortan said…
