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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 to get rid of evidence. these attorneys denying that was the case. denying this was any part of evid...

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 the backpacks but, no, they did not intend to obstruct justice. they were not thinking that they were ...

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. i'd like to say, also, that he considers it an honor to be able to study in the united states and that he feels for the people of boston who have suffered as a result of the marathon bomb...

Defense attorney robert staal had to say. >> dias kadyrbayev absolutely denies the charges as we've 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 forward to proving our case in court. he and his family are very sorry for what happened in boston and h...

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. we'll 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. i'm jake tapper and this is the lead. college buddies of the accused boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev are now under arrest accused of helping him get rid of key evidence as the feds h...