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Questions were also raised by officials about the tsarnaevs mother. both she and the older brothers names were added to a terrorist identities database. but the investigation appears to have gone nowhere. was dam lab tsarnaev radicalized overseas? maybe so. but his uncle says tamerlans views more likely came from someone in the u.s. >> i heard that talking from tamerlan. where that might be coming from. and he says, oh, yeah, yes, there is such a thing. theres a person a new convert into islam. ...

Officials the bureau looked into the older brother in 2011 and found no red flags. the cia was also approached by the russians with similar concerns about tamerlan. questions were also raised by officials about the tsarnaevs mother. both she and the older brothers names were added to a terrorist identities database. but the investigation appears to have gone nowhere. was tamerlan tsarnaev radicalized overseas? maybe so. but his uncle says tamerlans views more likely came from someone in the u.s....

Out and vetted again? >> reporter: the fbi has told officials the bureau looked into the older brother in 2011 and found no red flags. the cia was also approached by the russians with similar concerns about tamerlan. questions were also raised by officials about the tsarnaevs mother. both she and the older brothers names were added to a terrorist identities database. but the investigation appears to have gone nowhere. was tamerlan tsarnaev radicalized overseas? maybe so. but his uncle says tamer...