Gunman in Mohammad cartoon attack in Texas monitored for years

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Narrow the scope of surveillance and more aggressive follow ups and monitoring of those showing an interest in violent extremism. This guy tweeted his intention before the attack.

This administration and DOJ have done a good job in many cases of nabbing violent extremists before they act. This was not one of them. Unfortunately when some of our agencies fuck up they have a tendency to use it as an excuse to divert attention from their own intelligence and or operational failures and instead advocate for increased powers that they didn't need in the first place to prevent violent actions.