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In reply to the discussion: The FBI Needs To Explain Why It Failed To Monitor Boston Bombing Suspect Despite A Clear Warning [View all]emulatorloo
(44,303 posts)101. Of course there were warnings before 9/11. My question was re warnings
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FarCenter
Apr 2013
OP
they have an atrocious record, and I don't trust them at all in this regard
NoMoreWarNow
Apr 2013
#95
"lightly hitting".....Tamarlan was a BOXER...havent people who box been charged w/ assault with a
Pachamama
Apr 2013
#61
That came from an inquiry from Russia saying they had info he was connected to radical groups.
dkf
Apr 2013
#90
where did you get that info? What I read was they found he posted radical video clips on his Russian
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#98
I think I recall correctly that the USA refused to honor a legal request to send the Union Carbide
byeya
Apr 2013
#29
True. If they had been given asylum already, should the government they fled...
bhikkhu
Apr 2013
#30
To be fair to the aforementioned Americans concerned about the general well being
90-percent
Apr 2013
#62
I interpreted his post as referring to the guy being watched 24/7 by the FBI
octothorpe
Apr 2013
#85
I don't like the idea AT ALL, CIA/ FBI? can grab ahold of visaed persons and start
Sunlei
Apr 2013
#11
It's some sort of rivalry grudge that the FBI, CIA and other federal policing organizations have....
Crowman1979
Apr 2013
#15
Just wait for what happens at the Olympics in 2016 with Giuliani's firm "protecting" Rio.
valerief
Apr 2013
#16
For the sake of accuracy, the FBI was asked to look into one of the suspects. They found nothing....
marble falls
Apr 2013
#19
Jeez. Free speech needs to be monitored. How many trillion youtube accounts are there, anyway?
marble falls
Apr 2013
#27
How do you feel about having your life monitored by software? I have a lot of sympathy for the ...
marble falls
Apr 2013
#36
They actually did. there was an OP with the details of what the Russians said.
darkangel218
Apr 2013
#117
Why didn't Business Insider demand that the FBI monitor the suspect before this tragedy?
wtmusic
Apr 2013
#21
But he unlike Kennedy wasn't put on a list. The person that notified Russian authorities was
snagglepuss
Apr 2013
#100
bullshit-- considering how much the FBI monitors mosques and terrorist losers
NoMoreWarNow
Apr 2013
#109
Nobody or anything will bring life back to the 3 young inocent people who were killed.
darkangel218
Apr 2013
#64
Too bad they didn't belong to Occupy Wall St, they would have been arrested and detained
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#72
Not surprised. The FBI has really dropped the ball with the violent ant-choicers.
proud2BlibKansan
Apr 2013
#74
My guess is that the FBI was *still* monitoring him, but they just didn't have anything on him yet.
reformist2
Apr 2013
#75
No, FBI decided he was no threat after investigating him in 2011, and stopped monitoring him.
LisaL
Apr 2013
#107
Imagine if an abusive ex-husband called the police regarding alleged activities of his ex-wife...
ecstatic
Apr 2013
#78
The FBI has thousands of people they monitor for possible radicalization. I don't find it hard to
Pisces
Apr 2013
#80
yes, surprised the FBI missed so many 'flags' on someone already in their system.
Sunlei
Apr 2013
#122