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Home Front: WoT
Parade of the Red Flags
2016-06-24
From the Corner. A quick summary of the number of times authorities were notified about Omar Mateen:
  • September 11, 2001 -- Omar openly celebrated 9/11 at school. School authorities notified.

  • Spring 2007 -- Omar threatened to kill people at the training school he was at when his hamburger touched a piece of pork. Authorities escorted him out of school.

  • May 2013 -- reviewed by the FBI after boasting to co-workers about ties to terrorist groups. Perhaps not a boast.

  • Spring 2014 -- reviewed by the FBI again after a member of his mosque (130 worshippers, of whom two were splodydopes) kaboomed himself in Syria. Mateen had mentioned watching videos by Anwar al-Awlaki. We all know him.

  • Spring 2016 -- Disney notified authorities because they thought Omar was conducting surveillance.

  • May 2016 -- gun store owner called the FBI after Omar tried to buy body armor and large quantities of ammo.
As Jim Geraghty says, "And government officials wonder why people think they should to own a gun to protect themselves!"
Not to mention the rather high profile Mateem's father has enjoyed for many years.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  The FBI is an establishment security service so of course they are more interested in threats to their ability to rent-seek than in the safety of US citizens.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2016-06-24 11:45  

#7  The government is more worried about keeping the "Radical Right" and its own people in line than keeping track of terrorists.

In fact, terrorists can help scare the public to staying in line and giving up more rights.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-06-24 10:16  

#6  With the vast array of intelligence systems, massive data bases, advanced link analysis tools, and analytical minds available at the FBI, NSA, and CIA, I simply cannot believe Mateen, the Tsarnaev bros, the 'underwear bomber' Abdulmutallab, Nidal Hasan, or the 9/11 bombers were simply intelligence 'gaps' or tragic oversights.

Sorry, something else is taking place here.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-06-24 08:07  

#5  Amazing when heads are lopped, people actually pay attention. Who was fired at the FBI or CIA for 9/11? Rhet question
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-06-24 07:58  

#4  Hey Mr. Comey - you lost another needle....

MATEEN WIFE MISSING: Loretta Lynch Admits That Federal Authorities Have Lost The Orlando Shooter’s Wife - Noor Salman

The DOJ and FBI look like fools. If she resurfaces in Raqqa making propaganda videos - will y'all edit those too?
Posted by: Tennessee   2016-06-24 07:52  

#3  "I don’t see anything in reviewing our work that our agents should have done differently

Really? Because a hundred dead or wounded doesn't seem to be an optimal outcome.

Perhaps the FBI would be more successful at this game if they were allowed to say the I*S*L*A*M word.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-06-24 02:42  

#2  Director Comey defended the FBI’s actions, stating:

"I don’t see anything in reviewing our work that our agents should have done differently…Our work is very challenging, we are looking for needles in a nationwide haystack but we’re also called upon to figure out which pieces of hay might someday become needles."

Absolutely incredulous !
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-06-24 01:51  

#1  Additional "Red Flags" sent to the FBI by local law enforcement.

Not to mention Mateen's two trips to the Majic Kingdom for the Haj.

Posted by: Besoeker   2016-06-24 01:39  

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