Russian officials: Boston bombings could have been averted

>>> today, new today, after meeting with several high-level officials in moscow, one member of a sufficient congressional delegation believes the boston terror attacks may have been prevented if our intelligence communities worked better together.

>> yes, it could have been averted. not just by one mistake made by the united states , or one mistake made over here in russia , but instead, by making sure that both countries were working together at a much higher level .

>> the team of u.s. congressmen spent the week in russia looking at what could have been done not only to prevent the bombings, but how tamerlan tsarnaev began his path. the boston attacks may have been prevented if russia and the u.s. worked better together as allies. what are you hearing about that?

>> well, exactly. they said that they're not saying that they definitely could have been prevented, but if all the dots were joined up, and the security agencies were cooperating, then perhaps, you can imagine a scenario where it may not have happened. where they may have been able to stop it. i think this meeting, they describe it as productive. they obviously felt they got a very positive reception with free communication with the russian security services . they felt this was a positive meeting, that had gone well. so really, they're saying, guys, the cold war is over. we've got to move on. we have two big countries here that share common interests. let's work together. alex?

>> okay, what about reaction in london there. optimistic about the meetings going forward, that they will better work together?

>> well, of course, britain, too, shares an interest in improving communication at this level. and i think that is the sentiment here, that any improvement in communication is a good thing. but remember, in the uk, relations have been quite tricky with russia , going back as far as the death of alexander vianco several years ago, never quite got to the bottom of that. that put things in a bad way. there's a lot of suspicion here. but any improvement in all-around relations would be a good thing, alex.

>> yeah, what about the question surrounding exactly when tamerlan tsarnaev left dagestan?

>> what the congressmen seemed to get to the bottom of, when did he buy his ticket to return to the states? when did this actually happen? and congressman steve king had this to say on this subject.

>> what we've got, generally, was that tamerlan left two days after one of his two buddies was killed. and it was, i guess it was july. but they didn't give us the date. one thing we wanted to find out is when he bought his airplane ticket.

>> also raised at the meeting was exactly when the russians believed that tamerlan and his mother were radicalized. because the congressmen said that they believed that the russians said that as far back as 2003 , they were aware that tamerlan and his mother had become radical islamists. and this was also discussed and raised in the issue that needs to further inquire.

>> thank you so much for

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