FBI Sent Warning to Police About Elton Simpson Before Cartoon Attack

[Not water]

Source: Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Garland, Texas, police to be on the lookout for Elton Simpson just hours before he and an accomplice tried to attack a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest Sunday, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday.

The FBI sent a bulletin that included a picture of the 31-year-old Mr. Simpson to police earlier in the day after agents learned that he’d expressed interest in the event, Mr. Comey said. But they didn’t know Mr. Simpson, who had been under FBI investigation because of social-media postings, was planning an attack or even that he’d left his Phoenix home.

Mr. Comey said he has no reason to think the bulletin contributed to the speed with which a police officer shot and killed Mr. Simpson and his accomplice, Nadir Soofi, 34-years old, when they opened fire outside the event, injuring a security guard.

The FBI’s field office in Dallas had been monitoring potential threats to the contest and warned police about several individuals who were interested in it, Mr. Comey said. He wouldn’t elaborate as to exactly what prompted agents to add Mr. Simpson’s name to the list of people to look out for.

Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-sent-warning-to-police-about-elton-simpson-before-cartoon-attack-1431028256

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Why didn't the FBI follow him?

[cosmicone]

1. The FBI cannot possibly follow every one of these nutcases.

Shooting them to death when they commit mischief is the best solution.

[eggplant]

3. Mischief?

[KeepItReal]

6. Over 13K FBI agents, CIA intel, and NSA wiretaps on all communications

And this one *known* ISIL sympathizer can just obtain weapons and roll up on a hate rally?

We have either learned nothing from 9/11 or don't care about putting what we learned into practice.

[dead_head]

8. Call my a conspiracy nut ...

and that's ok cause I am. But I noticed that all the time a muslim plans to do an act of terrorism, we leard after that he was being watched and the authorities failed to do something about it.

-9-11
-7/7
-Charlie Hebdo
-St-jean (the town I'm from near montreal)
-Ottawa
-This case right now.


But if the perpetrators are right wing freaks planning to blow up a government building, they always stop it on time.

So basicly, even with the ¨death star¨ of data collection known as the NSA, crazy people calling themselves muslim can't be caught.

[eggplant]

4. wtf?

[snooper2]

5. LOL

[d_legendary1]

9. My thoughts exactly

[sulphurdunn]

7. Hey, great idea.

How does the idea of you bearing some responsibility for all the death and mayhem that would ensue by concentrating so many (probably armed) crazy fanatics in one place? You know, the kind of bigots who get a kick out of carrying guns and hating people who are different. I guess your idea is to use them as bait to lure in other armed fanatical bigots who are crazy as they are? Right?

[Enrique]

10. I have the feeling Garland will be the new Benghazi

with WorldNetDaily leading the way.