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Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev 'was in US database' CIA 'tracked Boston bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev'
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The US government added one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects to a counter-terrorism database about 18 months ago, officials have told US media. One of the Boston bomb suspects was added to a terrorism database 18 months ago at the request of the CIA, officials have told US media.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was flagged after Russian authorities suspected him of plotting an attack there. The FBI has already said it investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, but had found no evidence of a threat.
An FBI preliminary investigation found no evidence of a threat to the US. Tsarnaev was killed during a police chase last week. His brother Dzhokhar, 19, is in custody over the bombs.
Also on Wednesday, a US lawmaker confirmed the bombs were set off by remote-control. Three people were killed and more than 260 wounded when two devices exploded at the Boston Marathon on 15 April.
But the devices - which killed three people and injured more than 260 - were not sophisticated and had to be triggered within a few blocks of the explosives, officials have told US media. A US politician earlier confirmed the bombs were set off by remote-control.
But the devices were not sophisticated and apparently had to be triggered within a few streets of the explosives.
FBI 'not at fault'FBI 'not at fault'
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who was killed in a firefight with police on Thursday night, was added to a US government database at the request of the CIA, officials said. Officials said Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been added to the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (Tide) on the request of the CIA.
The database is known as the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, or Tide, and contains as many as 745,000 entries. The database contains as many as 745,000 entries, and individuals on that list are not necessarily on the so-called terrorist watch list.
Individuals on that list are not necessarily on the so-called terrorist watch list. The Russian authorities had alerted US counterparts to the activities of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, whose family has its origins in the war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya.
The news of Tsarnaev's inclusion in the database comes after authorities said the US intelligence community had no information about threats to the marathon ahead of the 15 April attacks.
About six months before the CIA requested his name be added to Tide, the FBI asked the Russians for more information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev but received none, and closed its investigation.About six months before the CIA requested his name be added to Tide, the FBI asked the Russians for more information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev but received none, and closed its investigation.
The authorities earlier said the US intelligence community had no information about threats to the marathon ahead of the 15 April attacks.
After a classified briefing in the House intelligence committee on Wednesday, Democratic Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger said he believed the FBI was not at fault.After a classified briefing in the House intelligence committee on Wednesday, Democratic Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger said he believed the FBI was not at fault.
"I feel, based on the testimony today, that the FBI did exactly what they would do and they followed through the protocols that were necessary once they got that information," Mr Ruppersberger told reporters."I feel, based on the testimony today, that the FBI did exactly what they would do and they followed through the protocols that were necessary once they got that information," Mr Ruppersberger told reporters.
He also said he had been told the bombs were detonated with a "garage door opener-type of device".He also said he had been told the bombs were detonated with a "garage door opener-type of device".
Tamerlan Tsarnaev's younger brother and suspected accomplice, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was injured during the police manhunt and remains in hospital in a fair condition. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was injured during the police manhunt and remains in hospital in a fair condition.
Officers captured him as he hid in a boat covered by a tarpaulin in a garden in Watertown, Massachusetts.Officers captured him as he hid in a boat covered by a tarpaulin in a garden in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Officials initially had said he exchanged gunfire with police for more than an hour before he was captured on Friday, but the Associated Press reported on Wednesday Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been unarmed. Officials initially had said he exchanged gunfire with police for more than an hour before he was captured on Friday.
The Associated Press reported authorities did not find a gun on the boat. A 9mm handgun was recovered from the site where a transport official was allegedly shot by Tamerlan Tsarnaev on Thursday night. But the Associated Press quoted two unnamed officials as saying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been unarmed when he was captured.
Suspects' parents arrivingSuspects' parents arriving
The younger brother has been charged in hospital with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. He could be sentenced to death if convicted on either count. The younger brother has been charged in hospital with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death.
In bedside questioning, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has said he and his brother were angry about the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials have told US media. He could be sentenced to death if convicted on either count.
But the brothers are not believed to have had direct contact with a militant organisation, lawmakers said after closed-door briefings. It is suspected the brothers became radicalised online. In bedside questioning, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has said he and his brother were angry about the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But the brothers are not believed to have had direct contact with a militant organisation, politicians said after closed-door briefings.
It is suspected the brothers became radicalised online.
The suspects' parents, Anzor Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, are due to arrive in the US on Thursday, Russian media reported.The suspects' parents, Anzor Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, are due to arrive in the US on Thursday, Russian media reported.
The Tsarnaev family has origins in the troubled, predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. The Tsarnaev family has origins in the predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya in southern Russia.
The brothers had been living in the US for about a decade at the time of the attack, but in 2012, Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned to Russia to visit. The brothers had been living in the US for about a decade at the time of the attack.
He spent six months with relatives in Dagestan, another Russian republic, which has an active Islamist militant insurgency. In 2012, Tamerlan Tsarnaev spent six months with relatives in Dagestan, another Russian republic, which has an Islamist militant insurgency.