Rep. Mike Rogers: Tamerlan Tsarnaev May Have Traveled To Russia Under An Alias

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WASHINGTON -- House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev may have traveled to Russia under an alias in 2012.

Law enforcement officials confirmed Saturday that the FBI had interrogated Tsarnaev in 2011 after the Russian government raised concerns to U.S. authorities that he was a follower of radical Islam. Rogers told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that the FBI stopped tracking Tsarnaev after a foreign intelligence service failed to cooperate with its investigation.

"The FBI did their due diligence, did a very thorough job about trying to run that to ground and then asked for more help from that intelligence service to get further clarification," said Rogers. "Unfortunately, that intelligence service stopped cooperating, so what happens is that case gets closed down."

He then said that Tsarnaev "may have actually traveled on an alias to get back to his home country" last year and "that six and a half months or so becomes extremely important."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/21/tamerlan-tsarnaev-russia_n_3127764.html


I know Congressman Mike Rogers is a DU favorite republican nutcase, but I thought this news story was worth reporting.

[kestrel91316]

1. I assume every word out of a Republican politician's mouth is a

bald-faced lie until proven otherwise.

[FarPoint]

2. As do I....

I believe the Russians are helping with this....they have no dog in the race. I trust Putin more than any republican.

[Kalidurga]

3. Putin would do anything he can to help in our investigation I am sure...

There is no love between Putin and the Chechnyans.

[Justice]

4. I appreciate that Rodgers is offering actual factual information and not political statements

[FarCenter]

5. Tsaraevs appear to have had Kyrgyzstan credentials and also Turkish ones when they entered the US

They seem handy with collecting passports.