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Congressional Delegation in Russia to Probe Boston Lead-Up

HeadlineMay 30, 2013

The news in Florida comes as a bipartisan congressional delegation is in Russia to conduct what it calls a “fact-finding investigation” into the circumstances that led up to the Boston attacks. The FBI has come under scrutiny following news Russia had warned U.S. law enforcement about Boston Marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011. Tsarnaev was questioned before going on to spend six months in Chechnya and Dagestan in 2012. Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California said the delegation will meet with a number of Russian officials to seek answers.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: “One of the things we want to find out is whether or not the FBI followed through on all of the information that was given to them. And maybe they have — we’re going to find that out. We’re asking the various leaders here in Russia to give us their assessment. We’re going to be talking to their intelligence people, find out if there was information that wasn’t followed up on. Or was there a level of cooperation, we just couldn’t have stopped it? We’re going to find that out. That’s one of the things we’re looking into.”

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