I wonder how the FBI front liners who investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago feel about the intervening months between that investigation and his alleged participation in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2012. "Failure" comes to mind, and I'm sure they are sickened by the progression of failures within their agency that led to terrorism. The FBI's performance in the battle to protect us from terrorism may need a review more thorough than we suspected. Even the most redundant intelligence cannot protect us from every assault on our free society. At the same time, we do not help our efforts by ignoring reasoned observations in the course of an investigation.
Here is how the story progressed as reported by Instapundit over the past week - latest post at the top of the list.
Suspect followed a radical religious agenda
Why was the suspect not on a watch list after a six-month visit to Chechnya ?
"FBI training manual purged all references to Islamic terror."
America has "a false confidence over the terror threat." This article appeared in the British press
Naming the suspects "foils racialist, sociological agendas."
What's the Boston bombing all about: Islamic ideology.
The "T" word.
Federal officials name the suspects.
The media meltdown
Politicization of the attack
Photo: Tim Davis, New York Times
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