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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 we've 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 preliminary review of the computer and cell phones that they used have shown no indicators of outside acc...

About how and why these young men allegedly committed these terrible crimes. joining me now is eugene o'donne o'donnell, 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 he's telling the truth about acting alone? do they believe him? >> reporter: they're certainly checking out his story. but they seem to be increasingly confident that this is a case of self radicalization. he has said that he and his brother had no accomplices, that they we...

Dzhokhar is going to be fascinating. chris, there's 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 we've seen from interviews was very, very devout and went on an extremist approach toward religion and toward the united states. clearly the relationship with her and tamer...

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, we're far from the end of this investigation right now. >> of course. of course. >> reporter: but the preliminary indicators, first, you have tsarnaev saying the two acted alone. number two, tha...

A deeper questioning about confederate that's may be overseas, how we interacted with his brother, when did he first start into the jihad type stuff. that's what they'll get. they'll 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 wouldn't if this is an investigation when you talk about someone who is young, angry, emotional having gone through this cra...