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11. I think that gun dealer

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 09:13 AM

Jun 2016

should have been on a watch list after his posts on Facebook in November calling for Obama to be "handcuffed, removed from Office and charged with Treason and then publicly executed!"

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It is looking as if Omar Mateen could have and should have been stopped. [View all] cali Jun 2016 OP

The FBI? I'm not so sure. His family sure as hell did though. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

I agree-When the FBI guy first spoke redstateblues Jun 2016 #2

The suicide bomber was mentioned librarylu Jun 2016 #8

Pehaps if you've performed umrah you should be on a watch list. Igel Jun 2016 #15

It does librarylu Jun 2016 #20

And then watchers to watch the watchers of the watchers - 200% employment. Yo_Mama Jun 2016 #31

That's horrible - pilgrimage in no way correlates to wanting to kill people. Yo_Mama Jun 2016 #30

"aren't we supposed to be friends of Saudi Arabia?" Those 'secret' 28 pages of the 911 Commission 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #23

The 911 reports are coming out now librarylu Jun 2016 #27

There's other evidence- Omar was also an online follower of Anwar al-Awlaki leveymg Jun 2016 #28

"Stopped" by whom and how? jberryhill Jun 2016 #3

The FBI could have kept him under surveillance cali Jun 2016 #4

I doubt there is anywhere remotely near enough FBI agents to surveil everyone that should be watched Fumesucker Jun 2016 #5

An impossible task for sure. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #6

Maybe the agents investigating Hillary Abouttime Jun 2016 #29

24 hours a day in shifts? jberryhill Jun 2016 #9

Anyone who has been on a terrorist watch list should be pinged to the Feds when they buy a gun. onehandle Jun 2016 #7

Okay, and then what? jberryhill Jun 2016 #10

Was it his job to carry THAT gun? No. How about all that ammo? Again, not required for professional Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #16

I think that gun dealer librarylu Jun 2016 #11

The FBI is notified when someone on the terrorist watch list buys a gun. The Orlando shooter... PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #13

that is where the FBI screwed up Amishman Jun 2016 #21

Okay, so let's say he was on the list and bought a gun jberryhill Jun 2016 #22

bring him in for questioning Amishman Jun 2016 #24

"bring him in for questioning"? jberryhill Jun 2016 #25

Perhaps while being on the watch list and questioned twice REP Jun 2016 #33

I read somewhere that they contacted him with an undercover agent and tapped his phone, etc. Solomon Jun 2016 #12

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Excuse me? You're fucking accusing me of using puke talking points? cali Jun 2016 #17

FBI too busy checking library records to actually notice those who should be noticed. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #18

I found the "appeared to be speaking a ME language" to be amusing. Igel Jun 2016 #19

If he was on a terrorism watch list why wasn't he fired? mainstreetonce Jun 2016 #26

Do you believe the government should have the power to have people fired by putting them on a list? jberryhill Jun 2016 #35

The FBI dropped the ball on this one Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #32

Maybe the FBI rusty fender Jun 2016 #34