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Tells cnn, he think there may have been a friend, someone who helped to radicalize him, teached him more radical notions. he may have been an armenian immigrant to the united states. has this figure come up in your intelligence briefings? >> weve heard the same reports obviously. and, in fact, common sense would tell you that if he got it off the internet he probably ran in some circles with people that thought the same way he did. that report wouldnt necessarily be totally off the wall it would...

Future. >> you know, weve heard stories about the 9/11, the guys who took over the planes flying into the world trade center, screeching with joy over allah, theyre going to paradise, nirvana. i have to tell you, in all the days we tried to figure out those pictures before we found out who these guys were, i saw that younger guy strutting down that street. >> uh-huh. >> he was a hot dog. he was enjoying that. whatever he was doing, it wasnt sweating, it wasnt feeling guilty. he was strutting. i ...

This is what he is saying. in addition, we found out some more details. one of them that is the wars in iraq and afghanistan are part of the motivating factors, part of this jihadist mind set, believing themselves to be under attack. in addition, erin, we also found out that, according to dzhokhar, again, take it with a grain of salt, he and his brother were self-radicalized. they were radicalized by watching videos on the internet. now, among those videos it is told likely, likely from this gov...

Investigation, and interviews with dzhokhar tsarnaev, but what he is telling investigators is first of all, there were no foreign groups involved with the terrorist attacks. that this was just the brothers. second of all, that they were radicalized online. that there was an online component, watching videos, downloading information, not e-mailing back and forth with anybody abroad. but there was a big online component to their self-radicalization. also, as you might expect dzhokhar to say, and a...

Pieces here. one is self-radicalization, we can understand that. what happened in russia is going to be critical for tamerlan. the second part is the internal family dynamic here. the role of the mother, how other members of the family saw what was happening and what they did -- >> the mother denies everything. >> well, she does. she also based on what weve seen from interviews was very, very devout and went on an extremist approach toward religion and toward the united states. clearly the relat...

Michael, what more have we learn about this lone wolf claim? >> reporter: well, this is looking more and more to bureau officials like a case of self-radicalization. as weve reported, dzhokhar tsarnaev said he and his brother acted alone. they were motivated by a desire to defend islam. and as a result of u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan, that they learned to make the bomb from online versions of inspire magazine, put out by al qaeda in yemen. perhaps most significantly, at the moment, a prelim...

About how and why these young men allegedly committed these terrible crimes. joining me now is eugene odonne odonnell, professor and law of police study at john jay college of criminal justice. and michael isikoff. thank you both for being here. michael, do authorities think they have the suspect -- that they have -- that hes telling the truth about acting alone? do they believe him? >> reporter: theyre certainly checking out his story. but they seem to be increasingly confident that this is a c...

Dzhokhar is going to be fascinating. chris, theres two other pieces here. one is self-radicalization, we can understand that. what happened in russia is going to be critical for tamerlan. the second part is the internal family dynamic here. the role of the mother, how other members of the family saw what was happening and what they did or did not -- >> the mother denies everything. >> well, she does. she also based on what weve seen from interviews was very, very devout and went on an extremist ...

Mike, as the investigations continue both here and oversea, we understand that investigators are confident these brothers acted alone. even as their family members express utter bafflement. what are we learning about the larger case against these suspects? >> reporter: well first of all, this is looking, martin, more and more like a case of self-radicalization. now, nothing is conclusive and, you know, were far from the end of this investigation right now. >> of course. of course. >> reporter: b...

A deeper questioning about confederate thats may be overseas, how we interacted with his brother, when did he first start into the jihad type stuff. thats what theyll get. theyll get broader conspiracy, the self-radicalization. however it transpires in a row. and all the agencies will get the information they need and it will go overseas to cia, dia, whoever needs it at the state department. >> i know a lot of thought goes into how to debrief these sorts of people. i wouldnt if this is an invest...