So Elder Tsarniev was not only on the FBI counterterrorism watch list, was not only being monitored by Russian security, he had also been monitored and observed by the CIA.
It's sinful and it makes me feel like shit, but I almost feel like these scumbags did the United States a favor. They did Boston no favors, they did nothing good for the thousands directly impacted by the bombings, they killed an 8-year-old with a pressure cooker filled with nails and ball bearings and I doubt either one of them would be happy to hear the favor I'm accusing them of, but I'll accuse them of it anyway.
I hope the young one lives a long time. I hope we lock him away and drag him out regularly to remind people that terrorism looks a lot more like Lee Boyd Malvo than Osama Bin Laden. I hope we slowly learn to recognize that if having three intelligence agencies watch over our citizens doesn't prevent crime, then maybe we should value civil liberties a little more.