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28. There's other evidence- Omar was also an online follower of Anwar al-Awlaki

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 11:32 AM

Jun 2016

Just like the Boston Bombers, the Ft Bragg shooter, the Times Square bomber, the Shoe Bomber and virtually every other actual AQ inspired terrorist going back to the Flt 77 hijackers who were housed by al-Awlaki when they first arrived in 2000.

Also like the Boston Bombers, Omar's family was a beneficiary of CIA visas and exile opposition group programs. If you must know what the common thread is that runs through most of these incidents, that is it.

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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

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #14

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