The state of Massachusetts refused to disclose how much dead bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev scored in welfare benefits, remarkably citing the mass killer's right to privacy.
A swath of commonwealth agencies told The Boston Herald that details of Tsarnaev's benefits remain private information, even a week after his death.
The paper had first reported yesterday that Tsarnaev received state benefits as recently as last year. That's when his hard-working wife, Katherine Russell, brought home enough bread so the deadbeat killer's family could finally get off the dole.
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19
But when the Herald asked for records on how much Tsarnaev received on his EBT card and his spending habits, state officials shut it down.
That was the same story when questions were raised about Tsarnaev's state unemployment compensation.
Amazingly, state labor department spokesman Kevin Franck sided with Tsarnaev and said the dead hatemonger's rights trump public interest.
Those records are "confidential and not a matter of public record," Franck said in sticking up for the killer.
The state's incredible defense of Tamerlan Tsarnaev incensed US Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Boston).
"It's certainly relevant information that should be made public," Lynch said.
"There's a national security interest No. 1. Secondly, there's also a public interest in finding out whether these individuals were able to exploit the system and get benefits they weren't entitled to."
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth also declined to reveal any records on bombing suspect and the dead killer's little brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.
The younger Tsarnaev is in a hospital, in federal custody, charged with using weapons of mass destruction.
His wounded big brother was in police custody for seconds last week, after a wild shootout with cops in Watertown, Mass.
But the cowardly Dzhokhar fled from the scene and accidentally ran over his brother, police said.
"It is our position — and I believe the accepted position in higher education — that student records including academic records and financial records (including financial aid) cannot under federal law be released without a student's consent," UMass Dartmouth spokesman Robert Connolly said in defending the student.
The FCC also refused to disclose if the brothers had any government-paid cell phones, while the city of Cambridge declined to reveal if the suspected bombers ever received Section 8 housing assistance.
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