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Have influence over tamerlan the older brother, was misha acting alone? that would be another route they would have to start going down. >> thats where all these investigations are going to head. youre going to see a lot more about what they were doing here in the lead up to the boston marathon. there is a credibility issue at this stage with the family members. theyre coming out with inconsistent stories about who the brothers were. part of the investigation is actually going to be a credibilit...

Things. >> what was victors -- what was victors last name? do you know his full name misha? >> i dont know his full name. i only met him twice. tamerlan told me this is misha, my friend. he lives in the u.s. for a while now. thats pretty much it. i heard them speak to each other but i didnt listen to what mishas words too much. >> did you ever suspect that misha was connected directly to any terror groups? >> i didnt suspect him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups or having terrorist id...

National security analyst, former homeland security adviser under george w. bush. fran, will investigators be looking for this man, supposedly name ed misha, how does he fit into all of this? >> look, wolf, they have an extraordinary amount of information. this is the sort of information that will go to the very top. why? because of, of course, they want to know all of the connections of the suspects, and they want to know, were there other coconspirators, as part of that inquiry, they want to i...

Wishing to hurt someone else. i believe people are good within themselves. knowing tamerlan for a few years, i remember him as a good person, as a good friend, but he was searching for religion and i believe that someone helped him -- directed him in the wrong direction. so i think it lies somewhere nearby in america in boston. i believe there are people who if they didnt make him, they planned it, maybe their idea, that he could do such a thing. im not saying its not his fault. im saying that i...

Believe he inspired the older brother to become a radical muslim? is that what i hear you saying? >> im not sure if he inspired or taught him to be radical islamist, but he surely did have influence and did teach him things that made tamerlan, you know, go away from the people and go more into the religion and maybe, maybe thats possible that he suggested to him some radical ideas, but i wouldnt say that -- i mean, i didnt witness him making him radical or, you know, i didnt witness him say thin...

And supposedly his influence over the older brother? >> well, first of all, i want to express my condolences to all of those who lost their loved ones. i met misha. tamerlan introduced me to him. it seems to me that misha has influence on tamerlan because when -- for the reasons why tamerlan was boxing said that misha [ inaudible ] told me that boxing is violent.

Be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with childrens motrin. welcome back. im wolf blitzer in boston. the uncle of the boston bombing suspects says tamerlan tsavraev was brainwashed by a friends at cambridge. the man was armenian, and influenced tamerlans behavior starting in 2009. this is a serious man was a convert to islam. the uncle would not name the man. other reports have identified him only as misha. with us now, fran townsend,

To do those things. >> what was mishas last name? do you know his full name? >> no, i dont know his full name. i only met him twice and we just shook hands and tamerlan told me this is misha my friend. he is an armenian that converted to islam. thats pretty much hit. i heard them speak to each other, but i didnt listen to mishas words too much because, you know, i dont like talking about religion so much. >> did you ever suspect that misha was connected directly to any terror groups? >> i didnt ...

Fact there, was a misha, was he acting alone or connected to some groups? excellent questions for investigators to look at. they have also been taking a look at some of the comments, some of statements, some of the occasions co indications from sdpldzhokhar tsavraev. he said he never had any contact with terrorist groups and that both of the brothers were radicalized over the internet. here is the question. are federal investigators skeptical of anything this guy says? >> they will be skeptical ...

>> do you believe he inspired the older brother to become a radio cal muslim? is that what i hear you saying? >> he surely did have influence and did teach him things that would make tamerlan go away from the people and go more into the religion. may be it is possible he suggested to him some radical ideas. i didnt witness him making him radical or i didnt witness him [ inaudible ] i just know tamerlan told me that he quit boxing and music because misha was teaching him that its not good in isla...