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Are. he goes for an extended period to russia, in the same region where he is. there is terrorist activity going on. there is a known radicalizer who is there. when he come backs from russia, he puts a video of abu dujan on youtube. to connect the dots as an unsophisticated untrained eye in this regard, doesnt that seem like something that is suspicious? >> chris, it is. i spent a couple of years in prisons interviewing suicide bombers and their networks. and ive yet to see one of them, one of t...

Information that the older brother was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer. he had changed drastically since 2010 and they believe he traveled to russia to join an unspecified group. what we know based on this, the f.b.i. did a review of tamerian tsarnaev background and they didnt come up with anything that was terrorist activity. let me explain why that is important now. the same year the russian government, what do you know about this guy? we think she radical islamist. this is t...

The fbi and sources so far in the u.s. government have been a bit -- say they didnt get a lot of detail from the russian fsb about what it is that the russians thought was suspicious about tsarnaev. so thats clearly a big question here. and then also, a very big question is what -- who did he meet with while he was in chechnya? were there radical elements, radical jihadi figures that he met with and communicated with. because we do know that as soon as he comes back from russia, he creates that ...

This is how the state made me. >> some of kunkels tattoos are inflammatory, such as the swastika on top of his head. others, like the teardrop and the dots below his eye, are often associated with gang-related violence. but kunkel says his are different. >> so how about these tats up here? >> thats my mom. she passed away. >> over here? >> no comment. >> okay. how about on your head? >> no comment. >> approximately 15 minutes after our interview with him, kunkels tattoos led to serious trouble. ...

Here we have this older kbroer dead, this younger brother in the hospital. what do you make of all of this? quite frankly, im not surprised. they have become so efficient in analyzing crime scenes and connecting dots and identifying individuals in a very rapid fashion that its just consistent with their ability to resolve these problems. >> what were trying to do is determine if these two young men had support. and there is some significance to that.

>> the boston bombing suspect has been tweeting. two friends of his tell cnn it is, in fact, hi twitter account. his handle,@jdzhokhar, hes got a picture of a grimacing lion for a pro file. >> it is just one of the dots trying to connect who the suspected is. what did we learn suspects father you be the judge. within hours of the bombings, he tweeted out this message. aint no love in the heart of the city. stay safe, people. its been done most rekrebtly to jay-z.

Al-qaeda want to engage in spectacular acts. is this a sign of maybe smaller acts that will be going on around the country, smaller targets and will it be happening at a greater are level of frequency. is there a network out there that we dont know he about. i think connecting the dots here is going to be difficult. finding the motivation and whether or not there are foreign connections. a lot of questions. maybe some will be answered during the press conference. >> shepard: i think the answers ...

>> does that connect the dots? >> it is starting to. is there a connection to chechnya? thereis there a connection to r? they lived in central asia several years before coming here. the older brother goes back to russia. the mother went to russia a few -- several months ago. did she know something was going on? these are all just unanswered questions and speculation. but, you know, it doesnt smell right. >> the chechens and they advocate... separation. they fought two wars. and in the first war,...

The grievous injuries inflicted on the mother and the daughter. >>brian: the 19-year-old dropped the bag and saw there was a kid in front. he was ultimately lose his life. how heartless are you? >>alisyn: i heard one of the victims say they wanted the suspect to be taken alive so they can answer questions. that is what victims always wants. how could this happen? why would you do this to inflict this on our family and city? i dont know if theyll get those answers but because the suspect was take...

Because a foreign government approached the f.b.i. saying look into this guys background? he might have some radical ties. >> we were doing a reciprocal thing for a foreign government. when they brought some information to the bureau, the bureau did the background checks they should have done. they did some record checks as well. and then i think, if im not mistaken, they interviewed him as well. there were none of the indicators. nothing cropped up on the radar to alert anybody to something tha...