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In reply to the discussion: 'Never in his life': Father of Tsarnaev's friend questions FBI slaying of son [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)35. They probably had, in fact, run his DNA by that point in time.
And they may have told him it was his last interview--and he simply assumed he'd be cleared.
This isn't just about three murders, though--the FBI has a greater role in trying to determine if there's a terror cell operating in USA and this guy and Tamerlan were members. That's probably why they were pushing him--to get a little push back and see how he'd react. They certainly didn't expect him to knife one of 'em, because if they knew that was coming, the law enforcement official could have avoided the blade.
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'Never in his life': Father of Tsarnaev's friend questions FBI slaying of son [View all]
temmer
May 2013
OP
Yeah, those two officials are the same AP source officials--and they weren't in the room.
MADem
May 2013
#7
I think that a lot of his, and Tsarnaev's, money, came from drug running/dealing.
MADem
May 2013
#52
Yep! You'd think they would have been checking on that for the past twelve years...
MADem
May 2013
#66
why were all those officials in a private home "interviewing' a person for hours?
Sunlei
May 2013
#9
I do not like the idea of our authorities conducting 'off the books' type interviews.
Sunlei
May 2013
#18
The "if" is a clue--it's entirely speculation. However, the news reports in Boston have said that
MADem
May 2013
#32
Generally speaking, when one starts a sentence with a conditional phrase, we're not
MADem
May 2013
#36
Could have boxed as well; didn't the Tsarnaev he was friends with do that? (nt)
Posteritatis
May 2013
#57