CIA had prior info on Boston bombing suspect

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Photo by AFPThe US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had previously alerted counter-terrorism federal departments and agencies about possible terror ties of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police last week. The CIA had shared information provided by Russian officials with the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC), Department of Homeland Security, State Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation for watchlisting purposes more than a year before the incident. Russia’s Federal Security Service provided Tsarnaev’s name and a possible variant, and two possible dates of birth. Tsarnaev’s name was added to the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment database, which is maintained by the NCC. The disclosure fans growing concern about continuing problems with fluid sharing of information among US government agencies, which made 9/11 possible.

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