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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Russia alerted CIA about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in September 2011, adding to list of agencies with knowledge

By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON -- Russian officials alerted the Central Intelligence Agency about their concerns over the potential radicalization of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in late September 2011, and a US intelligence official says the agency nominated Tsarnaev for inclusion on a government terror watchlist.
“In late September 2011, the CIA received information from a foreign government on Tamerlan that was nearly identical to the information the FBI received in March 2011,” a US intelligence official said Wednesday in a written statement.
The information was transmitted to the CIA by Russia’s Federal Security Service.
“The CIA then nominated him for inclusion in the watchlisting system and, given his status as a U.S. person, shared the information with the appropriate Federal Departments and Agencies specifying that Tamerlan may be of interest to them,” the official said......To Read More...

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