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

[Demit]

47. The primary material (the tapes) still exists.

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.