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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)41. Don't be obtuse and hyper - literal--those are MY words.
The guy wasn't stupid...do you seriously think, if the FBI told you that they wanted to talk to you, that you could hop on a plane and leave the country without them noticing?
If the FBI says they want to talk to you about a crime, you can avoid talking to them by invoking your self-incrimination rights, but you're not going to leave the country. You will be pulled aside and held for questioning, at which time the whole "Lawyer up" thing starts, if you're so inclined.
Of course, if they suspect that you're a member of a terror cell about to blow something up, they might not Miranda you.
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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