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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Senator: Russia Warned FBI Multiple Times

According to Senator Richard Burr, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee learned that Russia had contacted the United States multiple times about Tamerlan Tsarnaev. 

In a closed briefing on Tuesday, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee learned that Russia alerted the United States about Tsarnaev in ``multiple contacts’’ -- including ``at least once since October 2011,’’ said Richard Burr, a Republican of North Carolina, speaking with reporters afterward.

Yesterday members of the Senate Intelligence Committee were briefed by Deputy FBI Director Sean M. Joyce and officials from the National Counter-terrorism Center and Homeland Security. The FBI had interviewed Tsarnaev in 2011 when it was tipped-off by Russia. The Bureau determined after investigating Tsarnaev that he did not pose a threat...............

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