Russia had wiretap on bomb suspect (in which the suspect "vaguely discussed jihad")

[morningfog]

U.S. officials say Russian authorities secretly recorded a conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother.

Officials say a second call was recorded between the suspects’ mother and a man under FBI investigation living in southern Russia.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing case.

They say the Russians shared this intelligence with the U.S. in the past few days.


http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/04/27/apnewsbreak-russia-had-wiretap-bomb-suspect/thxyRlTklJWMBHAb746DSP/story.html

[The Straight Story]

1. If he had downloaded some movies illegally they would have nailed him quickly

Just think - we were sold a ticket of fear after 9/11, many new laws passed, we gave up freedoms....and two young guys with pressure cookers showed how silly it all was.

And we will keep doing the same thing over and over to feel safer.

[dkf]

2. Well now we know why they put the mother on the list.

Exactly who was speaking of jihad anyway? Could it have been the mother?

[leveymg]

3. This really does raise questions: why did the US stop surveillance? Did the US stop surveillance?

Did the Russians stop surveillance? Why were the authorities so quick to declare there was no organized political (terrorist) connection?

Is the CIA still organizing Jihadi attacks against Russia? If so, wouldn't the Russians be justified -- if given the opportunity -- in turning US-backed terrorists back on us?

Has something like this happened before? Will it again?

[DevonRex]

4. WTF? "Is the CIA still organizing Jihadi attacks against Russia?"

[leveymg]

5. Guess you missed the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and the wars in Bosnia, Kosovo,

the first and second Chechen wars, and all the shooting and stuff blowing up in Syria. You must have been sleeping. Go back to bed.

[DevonRex]

6. Oh, you mean after the USSR invaded Afghanistan and got their asses kicked?

And when the Chechen didn't like being uprooted sent to fucking SIBERIA and retaliated? Like those times? Nyet. Ya ne spala. Ya byla v armii.

[leveymg]

7. I'm not defending the f-cking Ruskies, just pointing out that they have a lot of reason to

turn the table on a US operation of this sort, if they thought they had the opportunity.