Ray Kelly: Concerned about 'significant' lag in information from FBI on Tsarnaevs
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said there was a lag of at least 48 hours between when FBI interrogators learned from bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that he and his dead brother Tamerlan wanted to commit terrorism in Manhattan and when that information was passed to the NYPD. (April 26, 2013) Credit: Craig Ruttle
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said Friday he expressed his displeasure directly to the FBI about the "significant" lag in the way he was informed that the suspected Boston bombers intended to come to Times Square to detonate more explosives.
"We want to know about anything that effects New York as quickly as possible," said Kelly. "So, in the sense that it was at least 48 hours to get that information, we consider the timing to be significant."
Kelly wouldn't characterize how displeased he was over the information lag and said that he intended to work with the FBI to avoid similar things happening again.
The FBI's New York office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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