A senior Russian officer said last Tuesday that the Boston bombings could have been averted had the Americans followed them with the Russian Intelligence  said Valentinia Matvienko Speaker of Russian Senate.  She was also Mayor of Putin’s home town and very close to him. The Americans were also told that the Tsarmaev boys mother was a Jihadist and the oldest son had expressed an interest in joining the Chechen Terrorists.   If the FBI had merely followed him for travel and internet use they would have or should have stayed on top of him as well as notifying Boston and Massachusetts authorities  Have we gone soft on our counter-terrorism efforts since the change in administrations?.  —Patriotwriter