Boston bombing suspect tells mother 'everything will be fine' from hospital bed as sister is revealed to be facing drugs charge
By JAMES NYE
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Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told his mother that 'everything will be fine' in their first telephone call since his arrest as he recuperates at a Massachusetts prison hospital.
According to Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, who spoke to her son yesterday from Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s Dagestan region, her son said, 'I am absolutely fine, my wounds are healing. Everything is in God's hands. Be patient. Everything will be fine.'
Tsarnaev, 19, stands accused of carrying out the April 15th attack in Boston, which killed three people and injured at least 260 along with his brother Tamerlan, who was killed following a brutal shootout with police on April 19th in the Watertown suburb of the city.
The teenage terror suspect was arrested after a 36 hour multi-agency manhunt and is currently being held at Devens Federal medical center as he recovers from gunshot wounds, including one to the neck.
'It was really hard to hear him and for him to hear me. The conversation was very quiet. It was my child, I know he is locked up like a dog, like an animal.'
Tsarnaeva told the news agency that the conversation she had with her son lasted six minutes and that she is promised one a month with him.
Devens Federal Medical Center is where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is currently recuperating
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the suspected Boston bombers, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has given an interview to Bloomberg in which she details her first telephone conversation with her surviving son
This comes as the sister of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev faces a drugs charge in New Jersey.
Bella Tsarnaeva pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Her attorney Mario Blanch says Tsarnaeva was arrested in December when police responded to a domestic violence report at her Fairview, apartment.
Her boyfriend, Ahmad Khalil, faces the same charge and also pleaded not guilty.
Tsarnaeva has applied to a program that would enable her to avoid a criminal record.
'She is a young woman, 24 years old, and through no fault of her own, she has been thrust into a public spotlight,' said her attorney Mario Blanch to North Jersey.com.
Judy Clarke will defend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and in the past has also represented the 'Unabomber' and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bomber
Prosecutors will attempt to argue that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was considerably influenced by his elder brother Tamerlan (pictured) into committing the Boston bombing tragedy of April 15th
'This has been a huge tragedy for this country, and it has also been a huge tragedy for my client.'
Lawyers for her brother are set to blame the 'overpowering influence' of elder brother Tamerlan, 26, said Harvey Silverglate, a civil liberties and defense attorney.
According to Silvergate, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers will cite Tamerlan as being 'an embittered and dangerous character, and it is well known that older siblings have tremendous power over younger siblings.'
One of the teenage bombers attorney is Judy Clarke, who represented 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski and 1996 Atlanta Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph - in both cases using mental health as a defense.
Having emigrated with his mother and father, Anzor to the U.S. in 2002 along with his family, Tsarnaev has told the marathon bombing investigators that he and his brother were 'lone wolves' unaligned with any known international terror groups.
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Ex-CIA chief says Boston bombings 'would not have happened' in New York because of NYPD's 'mosque crawling' - or spying on Muslim communities
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Former CIA chief Michael Hayden says a terror attack similar to the Boston Marathon bombing could not have been executed in New York City because of the NYPD's extensive spying on Muslim communities.
'If these two mopes were living in New York this attack would not have happened,' Hayden said of the two Boston bombing suspects, reports The Hill newspaper's Jordy Yager.
'The New York Police Department is far more aggressive, far more invasive, going what’s been termed ‘mosque crawling’ and a whole bunch of other things to permeate the Islamic-American community. Boston doesn’t do that,' he said.
Effects of spying: Ex-CIA director Michael Hayden says a terror attack similar to the Boston Marathon bombing could not have been executed in New York City because of the NYPD's extensive spying on Muslim communities
Intelligence gathering: The NYPD has been engaged in 'mosque crawling' to gain information on the city's Muslim communities. A Harlem mosque is pictured
Hayden made the remarks at an event in Washington, D.C. organized by the the Institute for Education.
'The probability that these two young [men’s] - particularly the older one, Tamerlan [Tsarnaev] - behavior shows up on the scope in New York is much higher than it was in Boston,' he continued.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his younger brother Dzhokhar, 19, are accused of carrying out the deadly April 15 bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 240 others.
The elder Tsarnaev was killed in a firefight with police several days after the bombings and Dzhokhar is being held in a prison medical center.
The NYPD's practices of spying on Muslims was revealed in a 2011 investigative series by the Associated Press.
The series described a secret 'Demographic Unit' within the department’s Intelligence Division that focuses on surveying individuals from 'ancestries of interest.'
Defense: Hayden says the spying is necessary to prevent potential terror attacks
The unit is meant to thwart potential terror plots through intelligence collection on Muslim 'hot spots,' such as mosques.
The practices have created a climate of fear within New York's Muslim community and driven down participation in worship activities, according to a recent report by a coalition of Muslim civil liberties groups.
'Surveillance has chilled constitutionally protected rights - curtailing religious practice, censoring speech and stunting political organizing,' according to the report, titled 'Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and its Impact on American Muslims. 'Additionally, surveillance has severed the trust that should exist between the police department and the communities it is charged with protecting
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