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Specific items involved that mr. staal is talking about, the crux of the complaint is the three of these college age men who knew dzhokhar tsarnaev at u-mass dartmouth went in on april 18th the night before he was arrested and went into his room and knowingly removed a backpack, threw it into a trash bag and into a dumpster. later it was discovered in a landfill and contained fireworks, jar of vaseline, and papers. again, investigators saying that they willfully did this. they did this in order ...

Kazakhstan students arrested today. they had already been held by immigration for not being here under the proper supervision and with proper forms but harlan protass and robert staal representing dias kadyrbayev and azamat tazhayakov. it sounds like these attorneys are going to say their clients knew nothing about this and they were shocked and horrified. >> right. it sounds like they are trying to set up of course it is very early but trying to set up an intent defense. yes, they did remove th...

No. >> i have a very brief statement for you. my name is harlan protass. my client azamat tazhayakov feels horrible and was shocked to hear someone he knew at the university of massachusetts dartmouth was involved with the boston marathon bombing just like many other individuals who were interviewed on campus. he has cooperated fully with the authorities and looks forward to the truth coming out in this case. id like to say, also, that he considers it an honor to be able to study in the united s...

Defense attorney robert staal had to say. >> dias kadyrbayev absolutely denies the charges as weve said from the very beginning. he assisted the fbi in this investigation. he is just as shocked and horrified by the violence in boston that took place as the rest of the community is. he did not know this individual was involved in the bombing. his first inkling came much later. the government allegations as far as that he saw the photograph and recognized them immediately we dispute and look forwa...

0 they are taking voluntary detention while their attorneys sort of try to figure out and present a bail package there to the judge. and that is it for me here in boston. but please do not go anywhere. well continue this breaking coverage with my colleague jake tapper who is up next. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news. three new suspects in the boston terror investigation appearing in court moments ago. im jake tapper and this is the lead. college buddies of the accused boston bomber d...

0 way back from court as their sheriffs vehicle drives on the highway in boston. that is it for "the lead" today. im jake tapper. thanks for watching. ill now leave you in the able hands of mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." wolf? jake, thanks very much. happening now, were following the breaking news. three new arrests tied to the boston bombings investigation. friends of the alleged bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev, have just appeared in court. they are charged with a coverup. two of them ar...

released this video of the two men wanted in the marathon bombings, dias kadyrbayev and phillipos began to realize one of them might be their dzhokar tsarnaev. police say they went to tsarnaevs dorm room at the university of massachusetts dartmouth and found a backpack with fireworks that had been emptied of their powder and a jar of vaseline. the documents say kadyrbayev knew then tsarnaev was in fact one of the marathon bombers and "decided to remove the backpack from the room in ord...

tsarnaev are under arrest tonight. they are not charged in the attack at the marathon. theyre accused of interfering with the investigation to protect their friend. two of them from the russian republic of kazakhstan are in this photo with tsarnaev. on the left is azamat tazhayak tazhayakov. in the middle, dias kadyrbayev. they are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice by getting rid of evidence. ed third, robel phillipos, is a u.s. citizen charged with lying to investigators. el...