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ChisolmTrailDem

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5. He may not have been a police suspect from the get-go, but he sure as hell was on Twitter...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:39 PM

Dec 2015

I was monitoring the live Twitter feed during the attacks and Farouk's name was mentioned very early on. So, someone on the inside let someone on the outside know who it was and then that person (or the original source) either posted his name to Twitter (or some other social channel). And it was even suspected to be a hoax name before it firmed up as fact.

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Do you think the two terrorists were connected to a larger cell?? [View all] kentuck Dec 2015 OP

Yes. nt dumbcat Dec 2015 #1

I think so. How many is the question. nt B2G Dec 2015 #2

I think they were lone actors KT2000 Dec 2015 #3

Possibly MowCowWhoHow III Dec 2015 #4

He may not have been a police suspect from the get-go, but he sure as hell was on Twitter... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #5

Lone actors who jumped the gun trumad Dec 2015 #6

I think people do acts such as this out of desperation... kentuck Dec 2015 #13

I agree Glitterati Dec 2015 #43

I agree newblewtoo Dec 2015 #7

The could be self-radicalized outliers hifiguy Dec 2015 #8

nope. I think most likely they were acting on their own. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #9

No. elias49 Dec 2015 #10

Definitely Matrosov Dec 2015 #11

Yes. Dems to Win Dec 2015 #12

It definitely doesn't add up. kentuck Dec 2015 #14

That made no sense nt flamingdem Dec 2015 #16

I seriously doubt it. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #15

Also, does anyone expect the FBI and the government to tell everything they know...? kentuck Dec 2015 #17

Probably. Throd Dec 2015 #18

Which one? The NRA or Gun Owners of America? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #19

They have likely associated with other people who think like they do n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #20

I am trying to put this in perspective Generic Other Dec 2015 #21

Hey! kentuck Dec 2015 #25

well there might be -some- connection...certainly captured in metadata HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #22

IMHO part of a larger group planning something big 1939 Dec 2015 #23

And his wife went along with him? kentuck Dec 2015 #24

Yes 1939 Dec 2015 #33

Could the John Samir Zawahri shootings and Faisal Mohammad stabbings in California be connected? 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #26

Your OP gives a good reason to think they acted alone. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #27

Yes. TeeYiYi Dec 2015 #28

They were planning on getting away with it. But they made a crucial mistake in that LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #29

+1000. 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #32

No. Lone wolfs just like the other mass murders from the USA. kydo Dec 2015 #30

To me, this looks more work related Politicalboi Dec 2015 #31

Then why all the pipe bombs? 1939 Dec 2015 #34

Excellent point! kentuck Dec 2015 #36

Let's say they are... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #35

Exactly! kentuck Dec 2015 #37

I had people blowing up about this awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #38

They forgot how Obama went to some political event... kentuck Dec 2015 #39

If I ever got the money... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #40

You mean this event? GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #48

Do you think the Columbine shooters were connected to a larger cell?? KamaAina Dec 2015 #41

Don't remember the pipe bombs from Columbine? kentuck Dec 2015 #42

Here you go. KamaAina Dec 2015 #44

Yes melman Dec 2015 #45

Yes. Something triggered 840high Dec 2015 #46

Likely. bigwillq Dec 2015 #47

Nope. I also think the whole story sounds screwy and suspect. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #49