Blog #2

In the Los Angeles Times, Ken Dilanian and Brian Bennett wrote an article about the suspects confessing that they were the only two involved in the bombings of Boston. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ,19 one of the surviving suspects of the bombings of the Boston Marathon, told FBI officials that he and his brother had no help from other terrorist groups. Federal agents asked many questions to the suspect, trying to figure out the reasons behind the bombings, and shortly after they read him his charges and Miranda rights. He now remains in the Boston hospital. Officials concluded that the older brother,  Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26 who died earlier that week from a shootout with the police, had not met with Islamist militants on his six month trip to Russia. Experts say that the two brothers had been working alone, were self-radicalized, and had gathered bomb recipes from several websites. Terrorism expert Brian Jenkins, says that the brothers fit a description or pattern of alienated young men who embraced Islamic extremism on the internet. However, investigators continue to look into Tamerlan's trip to Russia, where he met with a militant whom the Russians are tracking. The FBI had interviewed Tamerlan in 2011, because of the Russians request, however they did not find any reason to continue the investigation. FBI was not aware of Tamerlans travel, because of his misspelled name on the flight information. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday told a Senate panel, that the US Customs and Border Protection, was alerted when Tamerlan boarded a flight to Russia. And by the time he returned from Russia all investigations was closed.