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| Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev moved from hospital to prison | Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev moved from hospital to prison |
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| The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been transferred to a federal medical detention facility, officials said on Friday. | The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been transferred to a federal medical detention facility, officials said on Friday. |
| The US Marshals Service said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center overnight and was taken to the Federal Medical Center Devens about 40 miles west of Boston. | The US Marshals Service said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center overnight and was taken to the Federal Medical Center Devens about 40 miles west of Boston. |
| The facility, on the decommissioned Fort Devens US army base, treats federal prisoners and detainees who require specialized long-term medical or mental health care. The 19-year-old Tsarnaev is recovering from a gunshot wound to the throat and other injuries suffered during his attempted getaway. | The facility, on the decommissioned Fort Devens US army base, treats federal prisoners and detainees who require specialized long-term medical or mental health care. The 19-year-old Tsarnaev is recovering from a gunshot wound to the throat and other injuries suffered during his attempted getaway. |
| The transfer comes a day after it was revealed that Tsarnaev and his brother had planned to go to Times Square in New York to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said. They portrayed a spur-of-the-moment scheme that fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. | The transfer comes a day after it was revealed that Tsarnaev and his brother had planned to go to Times Square in New York to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said. They portrayed a spur-of-the-moment scheme that fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. |
| New York City police commissioner Raymond Kelly said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told interrogators from his hospital bed that he and his older brother had decided spontaneously last week to drive to New York and launch an attack. In their stolen sport utility vehicle they had five pipe bombs and a pressure-cooker explosive like the ones that blew up at the marathon, Kelly said. "New York City was next on their list of targets," mayor Michael Bloomberg said. | New York City police commissioner Raymond Kelly said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told interrogators from his hospital bed that he and his older brother had decided spontaneously last week to drive to New York and launch an attack. In their stolen sport utility vehicle they had five pipe bombs and a pressure-cooker explosive like the ones that blew up at the marathon, Kelly said. "New York City was next on their list of targets," mayor Michael Bloomberg said. |
| The plan fell apart when the brothers got into a shootout just outside Boston that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead, Kelly said. "We don't know if we would have been able to stop the terrorists had they arrived here from Boston," Bloomberg said. "We're just thankful that we didn't have to find out that answer." | The plan fell apart when the brothers got into a shootout just outside Boston that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead, Kelly said. "We don't know if we would have been able to stop the terrorists had they arrived here from Boston," Bloomberg said. "We're just thankful that we didn't have to find out that answer." |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260, and he could face the death penalty. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260, and he could face the death penalty. |
| Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for US attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston, would not comment on whether authorities plan to add charges based on alleged plan to attack New York. | Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for US attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston, would not comment on whether authorities plan to add charges based on alleged plan to attack New York. |
| The Middlesex County district attorney's office also is building a murder case against the surviving Tsarnaev for the death of Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier three days after the bombings, office spokeswoman Stephanie Guyotte said. | The Middlesex County district attorney's office also is building a murder case against the surviving Tsarnaev for the death of Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier three days after the bombings, office spokeswoman Stephanie Guyotte said. |
| Investigators and lawmakers briefed by the FBI have said that the Tsarnaev brothers ethnic Chechens from Russia who had lived in the US for about a decade were motivated by anger over the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. | Investigators and lawmakers briefed by the FBI have said that the Tsarnaev brothers ethnic Chechens from Russia who had lived in the US for about a decade were motivated by anger over the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Based on the younger man's interrogation and other evidence, authorities have said it appears so far that the brothers were radicalized via jihadi material on the iInternet instead of by any direct contact with terrorist organizations, but they have said it is still an open question. | Based on the younger man's interrogation and other evidence, authorities have said it appears so far that the brothers were radicalized via jihadi material on the iInternet instead of by any direct contact with terrorist organizations, but they have said it is still an open question. |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was interrogated in his hospital room over a period of 16 hours without being read his constitutional rights. He immediately stopped talking after a magistrate judge and a representative from the US attorney's office entered the room and advised him of his rights to remain silent and seek a lawyer, according to a US law enforcement official and others briefed on the interrogation. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was interrogated in his hospital room over a period of 16 hours without being read his constitutional rights. He immediately stopped talking after a magistrate judge and a representative from the US attorney's office entered the room and advised him of his rights to remain silent and seek a lawyer, according to a US law enforcement official and others briefed on the interrogation. |
| Tamerlan Tsarnaev had come under scrutiny from the FBI, the CIA and Russian intelligence well before the Boston attack. The CIA had added his name to a terrorist database 18 months ago, after Russian intelligence flagged him as a possible Islamic radical. | Tamerlan Tsarnaev had come under scrutiny from the FBI, the CIA and Russian intelligence well before the Boston attack. The CIA had added his name to a terrorist database 18 months ago, after Russian intelligence flagged him as a possible Islamic radical. |
| That disclosure is certain to raise questions in Congress over whether the Obama administration missed an opportunity to thwart the Boston attack. | That disclosure is certain to raise questions in Congress over whether the Obama administration missed an opportunity to thwart the Boston attack. |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told authorities that his older brother only recently recruited him to be part of the attack, two US officials said Wednesday. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told authorities that his older brother only recently recruited him to be part of the attack, two US officials said Wednesday. |
| Speaking in New York, Kelly, citing interrogations carried out by the task force investigating the Boston Marathon attack, said that days after the bombing, the Tsarnaev brothers "planned to travel to Manhattan to detonate their remaining explosives in Times Square." | Speaking in New York, Kelly, citing interrogations carried out by the task force investigating the Boston Marathon attack, said that days after the bombing, the Tsarnaev brothers "planned to travel to Manhattan to detonate their remaining explosives in Times Square." |
| "They discussed this while driving around in a Mercedes SUV that they hijacked after they shot and killed the officer at MIT," the police commissioner said. "That plan, however, fell apart when they realized that the vehicle they hijacked was low on gas and ordered the driver to stop at a nearby gas station." | "They discussed this while driving around in a Mercedes SUV that they hijacked after they shot and killed the officer at MIT," the police commissioner said. "That plan, however, fell apart when they realized that the vehicle they hijacked was low on gas and ordered the driver to stop at a nearby gas station." |
| The driver escaped and called police, Kelly said. That set off the gun battle and manhunt that ended a day later with the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the death of his 26-year-old brother. | The driver escaped and called police, Kelly said. That set off the gun battle and manhunt that ended a day later with the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the death of his 26-year-old brother. |
| A day earlier, Kelly said that Tsarnaev had talked about coming to New York "to party" after the attack and that there wasn't evidence of a plot against the city. But Kelly said a later interview with the suspect turned up the information. | A day earlier, Kelly said that Tsarnaev had talked about coming to New York "to party" after the attack and that there wasn't evidence of a plot against the city. But Kelly said a later interview with the suspect turned up the information. |
| "He was a lot more lucid and gave more detail in the second interrogation," Kelly said. He and the mayor were briefed on the information Wednesday night by the Joint Terrorism Task Force. | "He was a lot more lucid and gave more detail in the second interrogation," Kelly said. He and the mayor were briefed on the information Wednesday night by the Joint Terrorism Task Force. |
| Kelly said there was no evidence New York was still a target. But in a show of force, police cruisers with blinking red lights were lined up in the middle of Times Square on Thursday afternoon, and uniformed officers stood shoulder to shoulder. | Kelly said there was no evidence New York was still a target. But in a show of force, police cruisers with blinking red lights were lined up in the middle of Times Square on Thursday afternoon, and uniformed officers stood shoulder to shoulder. |
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