First, the clarity. An article on the FBI investigation by a ret'd FBI agent, written before the 'smoke' landed:http://allthingshls.com/2013/04/27/d...investigation/

The Russian FSB's role was always going to be controversial, but this AP report does not help:
Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.
Link:http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/con...tguid=IBuuqOYn

Just found some more clarity SWC's own CWOT (Clint Watts, ex-FBI plus) has a FPRI article:http://www.fpri.org/geopoliticus/201...boston-bombers

Too late for once to read, so a comment another day.