Maybe background checks? The FBI could have stopped the Boston bombers if only they had known what to do with the information they had on them.My suggestion is a swift trial and a swift public painful execution. And a taboo on the shooter's name - let him be forgotten and never spoken of again. Similarly with the national publication of the tragedy as a spectator sport. Let the parents grieve in peace.
Rep. Keating: FBI Failed To Detect Terrorist Ahead Of Boston Bombings
The FBI has determined it did all it could to investigate Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the years leading up to the Marathon Bombings, according to a report in The New York Times.
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BOSTON (CBS) - The FBI has determined it did all it could to investigate Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the years leading up to the Marathon Bombings, according to a report in The New York Times.
The agency conducted internal reviews in the wake of the bombings that focused on the bureau's response to a 2011 tip from Russian authorities that Tsarnaev had become radicalized.
Among the internal investigation's findings, the Times reports, is that the FBI had no evidence that proved Tsarnaev was a terrorist or contemplating acts of terrorism. Federal laws prevented them from using surveillance techniques to investigate further.
Massachusetts Rep. Bill Keating has been critical of the FBI and recently penned a letter to the new director asking for a deeper investigation into the Marathon Bombings.
He says even if they FBI followed appropriate procedures, it's clear those procedures failed to detect a terrorist.
"Under their procedures, with that case closed, there was no red flag when Tamerlan Tsarnaev went to Russia. There was no red flag when he came back. There was no red flag when he was applying for citizenship and there could have been another background check," Keating said in an interview with WBZ-TV.
Keating serves on the House Homeland Security Committee. He has called on the FBI to sit for a hearing and answer questions. The FBI has refused.