Lynch: Authorities to release limited transcripts of calls with Orlando shooter

There is no need to take the rantings of a mad man and turn them into ammunition for Islamophobic fanatics.

Some here on DU are willing to go to any
lengths to ignore the truth as long as it
validates what the administration is feeding us
on this tragic shooting. Shameful.

pantload. How ever did you pass that?

It feeds into the narrative that Democrats are soft on terror (or worse, complicit).

You can't make shit not smell by calling it a rose.

What this is about is the billions of dollars the Saudis pump into our political system -- most notably starting (or at least getting really pronounced) with W. Bush, but continuing on to this day --AND the economic blackmail the Saudis have by threatening to dump 750 billion in US Treasuries.

She stated the reason; they don't want to spread his propaganda. We know the gist of it already - he supported groups that are opposed to each other.

She said it was to spare the hundreds of mourners. The calls were made during the massacre. Could be some very disturbing things on the audio, disturbing to the surviving family members

That part, in particular, will be removed from the transcript.

and that was weird that the AG said that.

Apparently the transcript now released is unedited. Is that right?

Here it is:

https://www.fbi.gov/tampa/press-releases/2016/investigative-update-regarding-pulse-nightclub-shooting
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And doesn't Allah in Arabic translate to God?

that's what she said about what's being left out of the transcript. "What we're not going to do is further proclaim this man's* pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda," Lynch said. "We are not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance [to the Islamic State]."

It's on the video here (one word is different; she said "individual's":

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/06/19/lynch_partial_transcript_of_orlando_911_calls_will_have_references_to_isis_cut_out.html

They're releasing a partial transript, not the audio. Sorry for the confusion.

Rather than the religious zealotry of his family. This man was an American born and raised. Covering his hatred with some half-ass ISIS allegiance is crap.

you think Lynch is micromanaging the recordings to serve some evil agenda?

No idea if her plan is evil or not. It is to promote the idea that it is terrorist plot so they can clamp down more. That is what I believe!

most thought that the plan was to minimize the terrorism angle.

In the end, the transcript was unedited. So poof goes Lynch's evil plan

Am I reading this right?

Spare me the rod please sir!

State governments have always been 100% honest.

is there no limit

Maybe there are shootings caught on tape, and they're editing them out? Maybe they're editing out people screaming, or begging for their lives?

You know, sometimes you just have to trust the people in charge, that their motives aren't always to hide things from you.

Besides, the story says "the FBI and Orlando authorities, in coordination with the U.S. Attorney's office, are expected on Monday to release a limited transcript of conversations Mateen had with authorities during the shooting as well as a timeline." So, local authorities too. That would be a mighty big, and really kind of not believable, coverup, if that's what you're suggesting.

"What we're not going to do is further this man's propaganda," she told NBC's "Meet the Press." "We're not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance."

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national/fbi-releasing-partial-transcript-omar-mateens-call/nrjdw/

The only thing they are releasing is a written transcript.

Transcripts, by definition, take words that were spoken and put them into written form. Use your imagination of what might have been audible on that tape that would turn your stomach to see written down.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

I know some people want to see a conspiracy in everything, and that's just who's finding a conspiracy in this.

Rudolph Giuliani and John Bolton are upset? How can I go on?

Still, what good does it do for the DOJ to tell us what's in the transcripts and then say, "but you can't hear it"?


Fortunately, due to the secretive nature of the interwebs, the complete transcript - or what is purported to be the complete transcript - will never see the light of day.

When a pedophile is arrested with kiddie porn, is it a cover up conspiracy when the kiddie porn is not released to the public? Do you want that released too?

WTF.

What possible conspiracy are you imagining?

Don't write <insert scream>.

She said his pledge to ISIS and other similar remarks would be removed.

And makes this administration look like total idiots or worse.

This is censorship, plain and simple.

worse because they're trying to rewrite history.

I leave it to you to decide which it is.

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The phrase "or worse" implies that the Administration is somehow complicit in this. Disgusting, and below the standards of DU. Should be removed.

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And contrary to others I actually was not the alerter.

Try again. Back to the stove for you.

Whether accurate or not, it leaves the impression that the Government is selectively editing the transcript to fit the narrative that they want be imprinted on the minds of Americans. If a Republican administration was editing out derogatory references about gays, to pump up the Radical Islam angle, this forum would be losing it's shit.

How about they just release the transcript verbatim and allow everyone to draw their own conclusions? I don't need the government deciding for me what is or is not relevant to the story.

And people in authority make decisions all the time, about what gets made public. Judges presiding over trials, for example, make decisions on what the jury may or may not see, because some things are just too inflammatory.

Why can't we just see the dead bodies? Why don't they show us all the blood? Because it's not really necessary for you to know what happened. You know there were bodies in all sorts of awful states, and you heard people talk about all the blood. The authorities aren't releasing the photos that doubtless they took at the scene. That's a kind of "editing" too. Are you troubled by that?

Not showing bullet ridden bodies is not even close to being the same as glossing over motive.

Don't be obtuse.

No, the AG is not telling us Exactly what is being edited out, only a vague reference to the subject of the content being edited. You are also ignoring the fact that 99% of those who eventually read the transcript won't be aware of the fact that it was edited or what the material that was edited was referring to.

Again, no useful purpose is served by editing this transcript. In order to accurately record history, primary material is vital, not material that has been edited by an un-elected individual, who is doing what "they" perceive is "good".

As far as photo's, etc., yes I'm equally troubled by those not being released. An image is worth a thousand words.
Photo's of the scarred backs of slaves, or the victims of Auschwitz or a naked Vietnamese girl who was burned with napalm are horrific, yet are also powerful images that offer perspective to following generations. There are all sorts of horrific pictures in the public domain, while I have no problem waiting a while until this incident is not as fresh in peoples memories, at some point the photos should be released so that the heinous nature of this event won't be ignored or diminished by those in future years. I'm an adult, I don't need the government deciding what I should or should not see.

Has the AG said she will erase these tapes? No.

The names of the groups the killer pledged allegiance to have been widely reported. Are newspaper stories being scrubbed of this information? No. Is Google being pressured to drop links to these stories? No.

So the information is out there and readily available: the killer named three groups he claimed to be affiliated with but wasn't familiar enough with to know that two of them are actually fighting each other. He was confused, but that fact would be lost on casual American readers. They'd probably assume that naming three terrorist groups as his BFFs just meant he was super duper committed, instead of just blowing smoke. There's too much hatred in this country at a simmer already. Mob mentalities don't take time to examine inconsistencies. We have a growing mob mentality in this country, and its leader is Trump. The AG is trying to tamp it down, not feed it with raw information that could invite faulty conclusions.

It's a judgment call, but I think it's a good one.

highlights the very problem that results from selective editing or censorship of information that should be public.

I and other adults don't need you or the government to tell me what the gunmans motivations were. You say he was confused and in a condescending manner indicate that "casual american readers" would not understand that "fact". It's not a fact, it's an opinion, an interpretation, one which may or may not have any basis in reality.

The administration clearly wants to direct impressions of this event a certain direction and are furnishing a narrative that supports those impressions. In blunt terms, that is called spin.

Release the transcript verbatim and let the public draw their own conclusions. Doing anything less simply fuels conspiracy fantasies and undermines the credibility of the government.

I'll pass on half baked interpretations and finally spun narratives, just provide the source material and leave the analysis up to the individual.

It is now that wiser heads decided that it was a stupid, moronic gesture to edit the transcripts prior to releasing them.

Government attempting to stuff the cat back in the bag that got out just after the shooting.

This isn't 1984 and we don't need Orwells 'Truth Censors' out in force to change history for us.

Self-identified as an Islamic soldier who was killing people in the name of Islam in retribution for bomb strikes in Syria.

Given his father's connections with the Taliban, his long links with some notable ISIS member (e.g., the American who was the worst suicide bomber in Syrian history), his links with various radical Imans, and his repeated professions of doing things to advance Islamist movement, I think we all know what this cat is.

It's a stupid Bush-era idea to tiptoe around the fact that there is a cancerous disease infecting a large portion of Islam.

It's far past time to declare war on ISIS and use war powers to restrict certain political organizations that masquerade as Muslim organizations/religions, just as we restricted "German Homeland" groups during WWII.

links to all your assertions, please.

So, you are calling for what--mass surveillance of all American Muslims? Rounding them up? What, exactly?

First, the childish "links to all your assertions."

Please. The facts stated are available to anyone who is an apt reader of this very website, and neither are they controversial, nor disputed. Silliness like that reveals you as a non-serious poster.

Second, the strawman "you are calling for what--mass surveillance of all American Muslims? Rounding them up?" that can neither be found nor even implied in my post.

There is a grave and significant group of fascists that use the religion of Islam as cover and inspiration. There is no more need to mass spy on Muslims that there was to mass spy on US citizens of German origin in WWII. What one does look at is the internet hate mongers. The radical Imans that want to murder gays, Jews, and subjugate women. Those who proclaim ISIS is a caliphate.

We did much the same in WWII with German groups --- there was an American Nazi party that was banned, various German Bund groups came under investigation, etc. A fair number were imprisoned.

Just as we have now, we had claims of "unfair" and what-we-now-call "profiling." But the SCOTUS was very clear, when there is a Declaration of War, certain things (like gatherings of Nazis in the USA during WWII) are forbidden and can be quashed.

That way, the hate groups masquerading as mosques can be closed, the agents of ISIS arrested, etc.

This was FDR's idea, btw, the original Progressive.

link to your assertions please. That's a basic rule of the Internet.

Do you actually think that the FBI is not already totally overwhelmingly keeping track of terrorism in the USA? Do you really think "agents of Isis arrested" is not already happening? Do you really think that US law enforcement is just being timid and constrained at this point? And that "hate groups masquerading as mosques" are not already totally swamped by rigorous FBI attention?

Which mosques do you want to close, exactly?

the first news reports after police pressers and statements within hours of the shootings that the shooting was islamic terrorism, that cat. AG trying to get the kitty back in the bag now by removing/altering transcripts is useless, but good political theater showing how some in power like herself can and will manipulate the truth. 49 sets of spouses, parents, siblings deserve the truth, so do the 50+ injured by this scum.

the AG "showing how some in power like herself can and will manipulate the truth"? http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/orlando-shooting-transcripts-fbi-1.3643109

You claim that the AG is trying to change the perception of the shooter, but you yourself admit that the media has already been deluged with implications that it was connected with Islamic terrorism. Do you actually think her editing will make that difference, and is the goal, even though it would obviously be a foolhardy goal at this point?

You sound a lot like the folks yelling "Benghazi" and "Obama birth certificate", frankly.

You seemed to think that was what was being omitted in your earlier posts.

just like the Pubes do, every time.

The heat must have been unbearable.

Good.

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