CJ 350(Bostonevent)

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3-1 Journal: Events and Indicators of Threats Nuntivacharind, M SNHU 22 MAR 2024 Instructor Wayn MacKay A homemade pressure cooker bomb was detonated by the Tsarnaev brothers near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013, killing 3 people and injuring at least 280 others. In this domestic terrorist attack, it is believed that radicalized Islamic beliefs played a major role, and no known terrorist group appears to be involved. The Russian Federal Security Service had been investigating Tamerlan Tsarnaev for years before this event. The FBI was notified of the information; this is the point at which the intelligence community failed to act, resulting in an attack of extreme violence against American citizens. During March 2011, the FBI was provided with intelligence from Russia's FSB, asserting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva embraced radical Islam. Additionally, it was claimed that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was making arrangements to journey to Russia with intentions to affiliate with undisclosed underground organizations in Dagestan and Chechnya. In response, the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force in Boston initiated an evaluation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev to ascertain whether he posed a threat to national security. Three months later, lacking substantial evidence connecting them to any known terrorist groups, the assessment was concluded and closed by authorities. After hiding for a few months, Tsarnaev was able to escape detection until
September 2011 when the FSB (Russia) decided to pass the information on to the CIA, since the JTTF was no longer interested in checking on this case (United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector general, 2014). After the CIA passed the information along to the National Counterterrorism Center, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security, Tamerlan was added to the terrorist watchlist. Tamerlan visited Russia three months later, but nothing prompted an investigation to determine if he posed a threat to national security. My research into the initial investigation of Tamerlan and his family, which was conducted by an FBI special agent, revealed a number of issues regarding this agent's methods of investigation. Not even about Tamerlan's Russia plans did the agent ask the necessary questions, not even about his plans to travel to Russia. "Additionally, the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General determined that the CT Agent did not use every relevant search term known or available at the time to query the databases that were searched, nor did he conduct searches of several major FBI systems, including certain telephone databases and databases that include information collected under the authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)" (United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector general, 2014). In conclusion, there was inadequate investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, compounded by his friend's false statements during the inquiry, further complicating authorities' efforts to reach a conclusion on the Boston Marathon Bombing incident (USAO Massachusetts, 2014). Furthermore, agent(s) investigative techniques could have been better, but at the same time it is understandable as the agents may have suffered from burnout after handling hundreds of cases like this on a monthly basis. Despite this, the FSB(Russia) information should have put Tamerlan on the terrorist watchlist as soon as possible. The right to privacy and freedom of expression should be taken away from anyone who threatens national security. Some terrorists plan attacks for years
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