 The widow of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has hired a lawyer with experience defending terrorism cases.
Katherine Russell-Tsarnaev, who continues to face questions from the US authorities, added Joshua Dratel to her legal team, her lawyer Amato DeLuca said. Dratel's "unique, specialised experience" will help ensure that Russell-Tsarnaev "can assist in the ongoing investigation in the most constructive way possible", said DeLuca.
Dratel has represented a number of terrorism suspects in US federal courts and military commissions, including Guantánamo Bay detainee David Hicks, who attended an al-Qaida-linked training camp in Afghanistan.
DeLuca, who specialises in civil cases such as personal injury law, said Russell-Tsarnaev will continue to meet investigators as "part of a series of meetings over many hours where she has answered questions".
An FBI spokeswoman would not comment when asked on Wednesday whether Russell-Tsarnaev is co-operating with the authorities. DeLuca has said his client had no reason to suspect her husband and his brother in the bombing. |