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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says her agency knew of Russia trip by alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev

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WASHINGTON — The government knew that alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year, but his return six months later was not flagged  because an FBI alert on him had expired, Homeland  Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday,

“The system pinged when he was leaving the United States. By the time he  returned all investigations… had been closed,” Napolitano told the Senate  Judiciary Commitee.

Committee member Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had said he was told by the FBI  that the agency did not know of Tsarnaev’s departure because the Russian airline  Aeroflot misspelled his name in a passenger record. Continue reading →