McClatchy reports that a senior law enforcement official said the bombs show some expertise and Tamerlan must have attended a training camp in Russia.

The bombs demonstrate the ability to follow written instructions and nothing more. Tsar Vladimir does not tolerate terrorist training camps on Russian soil. They didn’t have to etch circuit boards and construct receivers, they bought them at a hobby shop. With printed instructions anyone who can read can build that type of bomb easily. If they had had any expertise they could have built more powerful versions of that bomb for a hell of a lot less money and no paper trail.

Then we have MSNBC telling us about the complaints of Mike Rogers [R MI-8], the Chairperson of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, that Jokhar Tsarnaev was ‘Mirandized’ before being thoroughly ‘Cheneyed’. Of course, you have to listen to Mr Rogers because every introduction of him includes the fact that he is a former FBI agent. The introduction doesn’t mention that it was only for 5 years in Chicago working on public corruption cases.

If public safety was really a concern they could have offered not to use anything Jokhar told them against him in the trial. They had him rock solid on charges that carry the death penalty, so they didn’t need any more evidence.

Digby found another grievance that Tamerlan had with the US. His boxing career was cut short by a rule change that disqualified resident aliens like him from competing in important tournaments. He couldn’t become a citizen because of a domestic violence charge that was dropped before trial, and he couldn’t box competitively because he wasn’t a citizen. That is a lot for some people to deal with, and it may have been enough if he couldn’t see a new path forward.