Russia Warned US About Boston Bomber – Congress

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MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - A new report by the US Congress details the failures of cooperation between intelligence agencies, highlighting early warnings by Russia about alleged Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

"The Russian government expressed concerns that he [Tamerlan Tsarnaev] had become radicalized and that he might return to Russia and join extremist groups there," the bipartisan report, published Thursday, says.

The document, compiled by the House Committee on Homeland Security, reveals Russian intelligence services warned the FBI in 2011 about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two Chechen brothers accused of carrying out last year's Boston Marathon bombings.

The US scrapped a brief investigation into Tsarnaev after concluding he had no links to terrorism.

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