safe. disgraceful because we didn t know what the full consequences are going to be, who else is involved, who was involved then, who could be involved in the future. we may not know because of eric holder. all right tamerlan and his mother had been listed in a u.s. counterterrorism database since russia raised concerns about both of them in 2011. and it was in that same year an official with knowledge of the investigation is now saying that russia intercepted communication between sammer plan s mother and one the two sons discussing jihad in a conversation described as vague. the information came from a wiretap russians have turned over only in recent days. earlier in the week, vladimir putin acknowledged the situation could have been handled better. to my great regret, he said, we were not able to provide our american colleagues with information that would have had operative significance. in addition to the terrorism
we may not know because of eric holder. tsarnaev s brother tamerlan and his brother had been listed in a u.s. counterterrorism database since russia raised concerns about both of them in 2011 an intelligence official told cnn. it was in that same year an official with knowledge of the investigation is now saying that russia intercepted communication between tamerlan s mother, and one of the two sons discussing jihad in a conversation described as vague. the information came from a wiretap of the mother the russians have turned over only in recent days. earlier in the week, russia s president, vladimir putin, acknowledged the situation could have been handled better. to my great regret, he said, we were not able to provide our american colleagues with information that would have had operative significance. attorney general eric holder declined to comment on that wiretap. now, in addition to the terrorism charges he s already facing, tsarnaev may face more charges sometime in the next
mirandize him was one that the totally consistent with the laws that we have. we had a two-day period that they were able to question him under the public safety exception so i think everything was done appropriately and we got good leads. reporter: republican congressman peter king strongly disagrees, saying more time to interrogate tsarnaev could have brought forth new critical information to keep america safe. absolutely critical because that interrogation could have prevented saving many american lives. we don t know what the full consequences are going to be. who else was involved? who was involved then. who could be involved in the future. we may not know because of eric holder. tsarnaev s brother tamerlan and his brother had been listed in a u.s. counterterrorism database since russia raised concerns about both of them in 2011 an intelligence official told cnn. it was in that same year an official with knowledge of the investigation is now saying that russia intercepted co
them. now to boston. two weeks after the marathon bombings, investigators are still working to understand how the tsarnaev brothers were radicalized. over the weekend, we learned russian authorities briefed the u.s. officials in the days after the attack about a 2011 conversation between the older suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, and his brother, in which they discussed jihad and a possible trip to palestinian territory. however, that information, which was captured through a wiretap, was apparently not shared with u.s. intelligence until after the april 15th bombings. counterterrorism officials have also confirmed the tsarnaev s mother was placed on the cia s counterterrorism database in the fall of 2011. that s the same time her eldest son, tamerlan, was put on the same list. now officials have continued their search for an unspecified number of person of interests.
intelligence. until after the april 15 boston bombings. counter terrorism officials have also confirmed tsarnaevs mother was placed on the cia s counterterrorism database in the fall of 2011. that s the same time that tamerlan was put on the list. some lawmakers asking why didn t the russians share this with the u.s. authorities until after the bombings. they are very careful about disclosing any sources of that that s just as our own int intelligence agencies are. there s a lot of mutual suspicion. we will take the russian help as much as they are willing to give. one of the big questions for questions for investigators has been whether the suspects had my outside help. though there have been no reported leave members of congress say the question still isn t a closed one. we still have persons interest we are working to find and identify and have conversations with. to try to piece together more clues, authorities have been