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>> he has no interaction with other inmates. it is not plush. it is nothing. >> reporter: the intelligence community will conduct a review about how it handled information passed along by the russians about the older brother. diana and john. >> new developments in a high profile legal case. prosecutors found traces of ricin in the former martial arts studio owned by the suspect in the case. james everett dutschke has been charged with sending poison laced letters to president obama, a senator, and a judge. he denies the charges. the fbi says he bought caster beans on the internet. ricin made f...

>> reporter: the surviving suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev stopped cooperating with authorities days ago. he sits isolated in a tiny cell getting a taste of what a lifetime in federal prison would feel like. >> he has no interaction with other inmates. it is not plush. it is nothing. >> reporter: the intelligence community will conduct a review about how it handled information passed along by the russians about the older brother. >> new developments in a high profile legal case. prosecutors found traces of ricin in the former martial arts studio owned by the suspect in the case. james everett dutsc...

Next few hours and days going through that complaint in detail. that probably would happen ahead of thursday. there's going to be a preliminary hearing in this case and a detention hearing as well. >> i want to bring paul into the conversation. we don't have the criminal complaint yet. i can't wait to take a look at it. at its surface, what do you see the charges mr. dutschke is going to face? >> he could be facing life in prison. he's charged right now, we believe, with possession of a biological weapon. that weapon being ricin. if you make ricin properly, it is absolutely deadly. although th...

We understand the ricin preliminarily has determined to be low grade and not weaponized. does that mean that it cannot kill? >> no, it doesn't mean that at all. in fact even just natural caster beans chewed out in nature can kill. obviously the dosage makes the toxicity. there's no reason to believe that this guy didn't intend to murder somebody. >> if i had a letter with low-grade and not weapon aized ricesen and i handled it what happened in mississippi with the deputies down there, would i be at any risk? >> yes. you should seek medical attention. luckily ricin, particularly low grade, isn'...

What form makes a big difference and whether it's going to be terribly dangerous or not. ricin is a product within a caster bean which comes from the caster plant which is found in nature. if i put a bunch of caster beans on the table there would be ricin on the table. the question is how pure, how refined and in what constituency the powder was? was it light and fluffy so that it would easily float into the air and possibly be inhaled? or was it a more crude mix which, yes, is not a great thing to send to people, not great to swallow or be exposed to but nevertheless, not as dangerous or toxi...