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94. Experts Shocked Media Allowed Into San Bernardino Killers’ Home

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 02:10 PM

Dec 2015

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/12/04/san-bernardino-killers-apartment-media/

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) –– A California landlord used a crowbar Friday to pry open the door to let the media into the townhouse rented by San Bernardino killers Tashfeen Malik and her husband Syed Rizwan Farook.

The media was given all access to the apartment just two days after 14 people were gunned down during a holiday party in San Bernardino, shocking many who were watching it unfold on live TV, including law enforcement analyst and former NYPD Det. Harry Houck.

Houck appeared on CNN and told Anderson Cooper he was “having chills down my spine what I’m seeing here.”

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Houck said there should have been crime scene tape around the apartment and the scene should have been locked up. “I tell you I am so shocked. This is detective 101 for crying out loud,” Houck said. “It looks like there are dozens of people in there totally destroying a crime scene which is still vital in this investigation because we don’t know how many other people that they were connected with in this thing. There might be tons of fingerprints in there that we need to look at to see if there is any kind of connection to those fingerprints or some people that may be on a watchlist or something else.”

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An official told The Associated Press that Malik made her posts on Facebook with an alias and deleted the messages before carrying out the attack.

The remarkable disclosure about the online activities of Malik provided the first significant details suggesting a motive for her participation with her husband.

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On MSNBC live now reporters rampaging through Farook's apartment. [View all] bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 OP

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2015 #1

I personally liked Andrea Mitchell pressing the reporter on what sort of computer equipment they had bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #4

This is very strange. suffragette Dec 2015 #87

Disgusting 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #2

you don't think they haven't covered every square inch of that place twice by now? snooper2 Dec 2015 #5

No, I don't 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #15

Agree I cannot believe they let this happen. Rex Dec 2015 #24

Yeah, whose house do they think this is dumbcat Dec 2015 #51

Yeah that has so much to do with tainting a crime scene...oh wait it has nothing to do with it. Rex Dec 2015 #54

I'll admit that it seems unusual, and soon dumbcat Dec 2015 #62

Because it is apparent they did not clear the crime scene as is being reported by the reporters? Rex Dec 2015 #65

How is it apparent? dumbcat Dec 2015 #70

The reporters are reporting on it now live from the house. Rex Dec 2015 #80

I fail to see the concern dumbcat Dec 2015 #81

Maybe they want them to, maybe this was done on purpose. Rex Dec 2015 #82

Yes, it does seem strange dumbcat Dec 2015 #110

I hear ya. Rex Dec 2015 #111

Totally agree with you, Riverside. nt / truedelphi Dec 2015 #27

How do you know they did? Why not just give copies of the pics they took of the crime scene? Rex Dec 2015 #23

The "experts" on CNN said they saw no indication of fingerprint powder csziggy Dec 2015 #48

What's up with the FBI? bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #7

Reporters are reporting live on scene that there is no evidence that the FBI did anything Rex Dec 2015 #72

There's not much of a case to solve treestar Dec 2015 #105

Not just that, it's a huge 4th Amendment violation brush Dec 2015 #127

Just saw that. It really made me sick. misterhighwasted Dec 2015 #3

Shocked. Atman Dec 2015 #6

Andrea told him to stop showing the kids' pictures. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #13

Oh, so that's why the sister tavernier Dec 2015 #129

It started with the white Bronco. corkhead Dec 2015 #92

Looks Like A Terrorist Estate Sale.... global1 Dec 2015 #8

Believe it. Reality News is here to stay. Rex Dec 2015 #20

ghoulish and disgusting annabanana Dec 2015 #9

the big media guestion olddots Dec 2015 #10

Evidently the FBI has released the site back to the owner. The owner has to LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #11

He doesn't have insurance? Rex Dec 2015 #14

I wonder what the deductible is? LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #39

Or what the agent will write this off as. Rex Dec 2015 #43

Insurance may not cover damage from these sorts of events Fumesucker Dec 2015 #41

Yeah the dim bulb in my head finally lit up a bit. Rex Dec 2015 #46

What law would he be breaking? dumbcat Dec 2015 #44

Insurance for liability reasons to cover his tenants in case they don't have renters insurance. Rex Dec 2015 #50

Why would the landlord be liable for the tenant's actions? dumbcat Dec 2015 #59

This has to do with the landlord needing to have insurance on the dwelling in order to get a Rex Dec 2015 #61

Well of course! What else would you expect ratings vultures to do? Rex Dec 2015 #12

This doesn't seem to inform. What is its purpose? mmonk Dec 2015 #16

To entertain, we don't do inform anymore. Rex Dec 2015 #22

I have to say i was informed. boston bean Dec 2015 #25

Me neither, I had to rub my eyes to see if I was hallucinating. Rex Dec 2015 #29

When the media itself is uncomfortable boston bean Dec 2015 #30

Yes and why not give the reporters some of those pictures instead of letting them inside? Rex Dec 2015 #37

Are you referring to this particular event, or television news in general? arcane1 Dec 2015 #31

Ah, the LA media..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #17

Snarf! KamaAina Dec 2015 #19

My BS detector has been going off all morning. deminks Dec 2015 #18

Doesn't a rental contract exboyfil Dec 2015 #21

Great point. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #52

Digby is live tweeting, says CNN is going through the refrigerator. nt deminks Dec 2015 #26

Sounds like an episode of "House" Freddie Dec 2015 #33

God knows what's in the sock drawer! randome Dec 2015 #35

They were rummaging through the babies room boston bean Dec 2015 #45

This is a circus, the whole thing has turned into a circus. A media event for entertainment. The_Casual_Observer Dec 2015 #28

What? Who allowed this. Holy shit. bettyellen Dec 2015 #32

Strangest frickin thing. It was surreal. boston bean Dec 2015 #34

Uh, I think it was the owner dumbcat Dec 2015 #47

Well I bet he made some money, but yikes. bettyellen Dec 2015 #79

Holy shit is right. This sounds bizarre. And very questionable. suffragette Dec 2015 #60

This is most strange. Boudica the Lyoness Dec 2015 #36

Top 10 international terrorist attack exboyfil Dec 2015 #49

there was someone running from the direction of the SUV, they arrested that person bettyellen Dec 2015 #85

It did not look like it had been searched thoroughly. boston bean Dec 2015 #53

Did any reporter comment on the elephant in the room exboyfil Dec 2015 #66

I just saw a cell phone on the kitchen counter. Wtf! boston bean Dec 2015 #75

Once a crdime scene is released, a landlord can do as he pleases. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #38

If they are opening the refrigerator OldHippieChick Dec 2015 #40

BREAKING NEWS: They found a popsicle brooklynite Dec 2015 #42

Wow, one that hovers right above your hand without a stick! Rex Dec 2015 #58

Holy crap! cwydro Dec 2015 #55

It is very odd! Something about this isn't right. Glimmer of Hope Dec 2015 #68

That landlord must be a real POS. cwydro Dec 2015 #76

Have no idea if Mashable is reliable, but B2G Dec 2015 #56

CNN reporter ("on the scene") reports that the property was released to the owner. brooklynite Dec 2015 #69

They didnt do this after the James Holmes theatre shooting 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #57

They would have given the opportunity B2G Dec 2015 #63

I'm referring to the FBI 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #64

If the FBI truly released the scene, B2G Dec 2015 #67

Right. But I think that is the point. How could the FBI release the scene already? morningfog Dec 2015 #74

Me either. At all. nt B2G Dec 2015 #78

They should not have released it 48 hours later 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #86

The place could have been rigged with explosives like Holmes' apartment Freddie Dec 2015 #91

California law regarding landlord responsibility for deceased tenant's property Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #71

So removing the popsicle constitutes theft? brooklynite Dec 2015 #77

Per CNN the neighbors are in there too. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #73

Uh Oh, Kos reporting that it is still a crime scene!!!!!1! deminks Dec 2015 #83

How can they be so confused about standard operating procedure? Rex Dec 2015 #90

Harkens back to the botched RFK exboyfil Dec 2015 #93

I did not know that about RFK! Rex Dec 2015 #96

Start with number of bullets exboyfil Dec 2015 #98

Thanks...this is all new to me I have never heard of this before! Rex Dec 2015 #102

someone wanted this crime scene to be contaminated mwrguy Dec 2015 #84

It is odd. The news organizations should know better though! Glimmer of Hope Dec 2015 #88

my thought, too nt grasswire Dec 2015 #89

I agree. Now, was it someone in the FBI, the landlord, the reporters,... who? woodsprite Dec 2015 #100

the FBI released the property to landlord. Say they only need the garage. So... librechik Dec 2015 #112

Experts Shocked Media Allowed Into San Bernardino Killers’ Home deminks Dec 2015 #94

is rent paid til jan 1sT? if so nobody is allowed in there except the owner til jan 1st nt msongs Dec 2015 #95

Periscope video of reporters lined up in the Apartment 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #97

An FBI Los Angeles spokesperson told CBS News the investigation at the home was complete. 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #99

Unfucking believeable. B2G Dec 2015 #104

I can't believe they left a shredder full of paper. EL34x4 Dec 2015 #114

Staggering incompetance ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #122

Exactly. If documents were shredded, then obviously these perps didn't LisaL Dec 2015 #131

is William Randolf Hearst still alive ? olddots Dec 2015 #101

That was the strangest thing I've ever seen. Vinca Dec 2015 #103

I hope none of the reporters have sticky fingers. Rex Dec 2015 #106

Watch ebay. LOL. Vinca Dec 2015 #116

LOL! Rex Dec 2015 #123

Yeeee- HAH!! oh, wait, it's not Texas or Florida. It's... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #107

I see a huge lawsuit coming. Xolodno Dec 2015 #108

The grandmother/custodian of the orphaned infant should sue the landlord and every reporter inside LonePirate Dec 2015 #109

19 min video of reporters and others entering then rummaging through the Apartment 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #113

Might want to delete that, it is revealing the same personal information that is the problem. EOM Kurska Dec 2015 #115

The damage has been done. Its all over the internet. 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #117

Still not cool repost someone's entirely visible social security number man. Kurska Dec 2015 #118

It was aired on National TV and been viewed thousands of times on YouTube, Twitter, etc 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #119

I can't tell you what to do man Kurska Dec 2015 #120

"At least people on twitter are redacting it." ...I didnt upload the video 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #121

just saw the video of this....our news is now some bizarro world 'reality news' spanone Dec 2015 #124

I'm extremely annoyed by this. Texasgal Dec 2015 #125

We are castaways set adrift in a sea JEB Dec 2015 #126

More excellent journalism!!! nruthie Dec 2015 #128

I heard the FBI guy stating that they were tavernier Dec 2015 #130