ONE of the Boston bombing suspects was added to a terror database by the CIA 18 months BEFORE the deadly explosions, it has emerged.
The shocking revelation comes after it was revealed that the FBI had already investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev - but found no evidence of a threat.
Tsarnaev was killed during a police chase last week. His brother Dzhokhar, 19, is in custody over the bombs.
Three people were killed and more than 260 wounded when two devices exploded at the Boston Marathon on 15 April
Five days after the US determined who was allegedly behind the attacks Washington is piecing together whether there were any clues that could have prevented the bombings.
Officials revealed yesterday that surviving suspect, Dzhokhar told authorities that Tamerlan, 26, only recently recruited him to be part of the attack.
Terror ... the moment the Boston bombs went off
The CIA, however, named Tamerlan to a huge, classified database of known and suspected terrorists 18 months ago.
Officials say this will force a congressional inquiry about whether the Obama administration did a good enough job investigating tips from Russia that Tsarnaev had posed a security threat.
Shortly after the bombings, US officials said the intelligence community had no information about threats to the marathon before the April 15 explosions.
Investigators have said the brothers, Russian-born ethnic Chechens, appeared to have been radicalised through jihadist materials on the Internet and have found no evidence tying them to a terrorist group.
Tamerlan, whom authorities have described as the driving force behind the plot, was killed in a shoot-out with police. Dzhokhar is recovering in a hospital from injuries sustained during a getaway attempt.
Bombs 'used remote control toy detonators'
US officials have revealed that the homemade pressure cooker bombs used in the deadly Boston Marathon explosions were triggered by remote detonators similar to those used in remote-control cars.
The officials said investigators had found bits of remote control equipment among the debris.
The US officials are close to the ongoing investigation but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss it publicly.
Bomb suspect 'captured unarmed'
THE Boston bombings suspect was unarmed when police captured him hiding inside a boat in the back garden of a residential property, two unnamed US officials said today.
The report contradicts the Boston police department's own account of Dzhokar Tsarnaev's capture on Friday - after commissioner Ed Davies described a firefight between him and officers before the terror suspect was captured.
Reports also claimed an M4 rifle had been found on the boat - another claim contradicted by the latest revelations.
Officers had originally said they had exchanged gunfire with Tsarnaev for more than one hour on Friday evening before they were able to subdue him.
But on yesterday, the law enforcement officials claimed that no gun was found aboard the vessel.
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