US President Barack Obama has held a Situation Room meeting with his top national security team on the Boston Marathon bomb blasts and underlined the need to find answers to remaining questions about the terror attack, a day after the second suspect was captured. The meeting, held on Saturday, lasted for about 90 minutes and was held to review the events in Boston, the White House said.
Obama was updated by assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, national security advisor, attorney general, FBI director and secretary of Homeland Security on the apprehension of an ethnic Chechen, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, and the related investigations.
Obama was also briefed by the leadership of the intelligence community, including director of National Intelligence and the CIA director, about their ongoing efforts to combat terrorism and protect the Americans.
‘The president commended the work that was done to pursue justice in the Boston marathon bombing, and underscored the need to continue gathering intelligence to answer the remaining questions about this terrorist attack going forward,’ the White House said.
Obama was updated by assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, national security advisor, attorney general, FBI director and secretary of Homeland Security on the apprehension of an ethnic Chechen, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, and the related investigations.
Obama was also briefed by the leadership of the intelligence community, including director of National Intelligence and the CIA director, about their ongoing efforts to combat terrorism and protect the Americans.
‘The president commended the work that was done to pursue justice in the Boston marathon bombing, and underscored the need to continue gathering intelligence to answer the remaining questions about this terrorist attack going forward,’ the White House said.