Russians Contacted FBI ‘Multiple’ Times on Older Bomber Suspect

NEWSMAX:  …From his Boston hospital bed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev acknowledged his role in planting the explosives near the marathon’s finish line on April 15, the officials told The Washington Post.

The officials, who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity, said Dzhokhar and Tamerlan did not appear to have been directed by a foreign terrorist organization.

But several GOP members of the Senate Intelligence Committee said they learned in a closed-door briefing on Tuesday that Russia alerted the United States about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in “multiple contacts’’ — including “at least once since October 2011,’’ said GOP Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina…  (more)

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