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(CNN Breaking News Email)
"Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev conveyed to investigators that no international terrorist groups were behind the attacks, a U.S. government source told CNN's Jake Tapper.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicated his older brother, Tamerlan, was the driving force behind the attacks and wanted to defend Islam from attack, the source said.
The 19-year-old was "alert, mentally competent and lucid," U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler found during a brief initial court appearance in Tsarnaev's hospital room. During the hearing, he communicated mostly by nodding his head."
elleng
(130,156 posts)(reading of transcript of the proceeding in hospital room,) he 'conveyed' that just he and his brother were involved, for 'religious fervor.'
Where did 'wanted to defend Islam from attack' come from?
undeterred
(34,658 posts)Nods.
So they're just asking him yes/no questions?
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)Leading.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)jessie04
(1,528 posts)could maybe lie to protect others ?
Mariana
(14,849 posts)aren't taking his statements as gospel, and are continuing to look for any evidence of other conspirators.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)And a wounded, sedated, alleged felon
What could be wrong?
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)And his brother is now dead -- which Dzhokhar made sure of by running over him with the SUV.
liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)did he mime his statement? Which hand was shot? I imagine he isn't able to write just yet.
Oops, I just wildly speculated, sort of like the person the other day wondering why the police were shooting at the boat, after which someone rudely responded that the police used rubber bullets. Did anyone see the pictures of the boat today?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Videos on the internet and such.
But they're not charged with terrorism.