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Tried to dump the evidence that they thought would be damaging to their friend. at this point, neil, they knew that he allegedly participated in this bombing. they had seen his picture on television. they knew how serious the allegations were and rather than calling authorities, they went out of their way, according to this criminal complaint and the affidavit attached, went through a great deal of trouble to go to the dorm room where he was living, met with his roommates, tried not to arouse his suspicion, and then obtained the backpack and disposed it. it looks like i'm told now that the att...

Suspected then, that mit police officer was shot and killed, would never have been shot and killed. that would have been stopped. at least one of those murders would have been stopped. it's a very good point. one to pick up with david lee miller in boston where this went down today. david lee? >> neil, just a few moments ago issues the attorneys for all three suspects spoke briefly to reporters. they did not have a lot to say. they all pretty much expressed the same sentiment, that their clients were horrified at what took place, they denied any wrongdoing, and the attorneys for the two kazakh...

Robel philipos is the only u.s. citizen involved here. he lives in cambridge of massachusetts. all, by the way, are in jail right now. in robel philipos' case, he is not charged with being part of this conspiracy to hide or tamper evidence as much as he is not telling authorities the truth that he and the others had, in fact, met with dzhokhar tsarnaev in his dorm room. so that appears to be the worst of the charges against him. they're not light charges, mind you. hiding evidence or not telling authorities what's really going on is not good. but again, the charges against him are not quite as...

Not for essentially being part of the crime, covering up the crime. judge andrew napolitano. we're waiting to hear from the three college friends of tsarnaev lawyers. >> all of these crimes have the same punishment, so defrauding the united states of america by interfering with a prosecution, that's the fancy name for obstruction of justice, carries a maximum of five years. conspiring to destroy evidence and interfere with a prosecution carries five years. here is the interesting one, neil. lying to the federal government -- this is not under oath. this is in an official conversation, by offic...

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