Congressional Report Details Failures Leading Up To Marathon Bombing

A new report is coming out on the activities of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, and the failures by intelligence agencies to scrutinize Tsarnaev’s movements prior to the attack.

The report from the House Committee on Homeland Security is in the process of being declassified and could be released as soon as Thursday.

The Boston Globe’s Matt Viser joins Here & Now’s Robin Young to discuss the findings of the report.

• Boston Globe: House panel details failures in run-up to Marathon attack

Guest

• Matt Viser, reporter covering the White House and national politics for the Boston Globe. He tweets @mviser.

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