(BOSTON) FEB 29 – SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE PAGES OF FORMERLY CONFIDENTIAL FILES OBTAINED BY A BOSTON NEWSPAPER THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ARE SHEDDING MORE LIGHT ON ONE OF THE MARATHON BOMBERS.
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THE RECORDS ALSO INCLUDED THOSE OF TAMERLAN TSARNAEV’S FRIEND IBRAGIM TODASHEV WHO WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A TRIPLE MURDER IN SUBURBAN BOSTON. ON HIS SECOND TRY, TODASHEV WAS AWARDED A GREEN CARD. TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE GREEN CARD WAS ISSUED IT WAS WITHHELD.
THE RECORDS DISCLOSED ALSO SHOW THAT TAMERLAN TSARNAEV DISCLOSED A 2009 COURT CASE FOR ASSAULTING A GIRLFRIEND, THAT HE TOLD THE GOVERNMENT HE HAD TRAVELED ABROAD, AND THAT HE WAS RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. THE RECORDS SHOW BOTH MEN WERE SO POOR THAT THEIR APPLICATION FEES WERE WAVED.
TAMERLAN WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE. HIS BROTHER, DZHOKHAR IS APPEALING HIS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HIS ROLE IN THE BOMBING AND THE KILLING OF AN M-I-T POLICEMAN.