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May 30, 2013

Congressional Delegation in Russia to Probe Boston Lead-Up 
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The news in Florida comes as a bipartisan congressional delegation is in
Russia to conduct what it calls a "fact-finding investigation" into the
circumstances that led up to the Boston attacks. The FBI has come under
scrutiny following news Russia had warned U.S. law enforcement about
Boston Marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011. Tsarnaev was
questioned before going on to spend six months in Chechnya and Dagestan
in 2012. Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California said the
delegation will meet with a number of Russian officials to seek answers.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: "One of the things we want to find out is whether
or not the FBI followed through on all of the information that was given
to them. And maybe they have — we're going to find that out. We're
asking the various leaders here in Russia to give us their assessment.
We're going to be talking to their intelligence people, find out if
there was information that wasn't followed up on. Or was there a level
of cooperation, we just couldn't have stopped it? We're going to find
that out. It's one of the things we're looking into."

 

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