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FBI admits it didn't investigate tip on alleged school shooter

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by Josephwalker, Feb 17, 2018.

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  1. Josephwalker

    Josephwalker Banned

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    Yet another black eye for the FBI and this screw up cost lives. We're they too busy trying to bring down an elected president? Obama politicized our intelligence agencies and this blood is on his hands.

    "The FBI was warned last month that Nikolas Cruz was an armed psycho who might shoot up a school — but it didn’t bother investigating, the agency admitted Friday.

    “A person close to” Cruz called the agency’s tipline on Jan. 5 and reported the 19-year-old had a “desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts” and there was “potential of him conducting a school shooting,” the FBI said in a statement.

    But the agency said it failed to pass on any of that information to its Miami field office, even thought its own protocols say he “should have been assessed as a potential threat to life.”

    A little over a month later, on Wednesday, Cruz allegedly gunned down 17 people at his former high school."

    https://nypost.com/2018/02/16/fbi-failed-to-investigate-tip-on-school-shooter-last-month/
     
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    Polydectes Well-Known Member

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    Yeah they were busy chasing down fake but trolls.
     
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    The FBI not caring about white supremacist terrorism isn't news. Hell, Trump took white supremacist organizations off the terror watch list and populated it with exclusively islamist terrorist groups.
     
    GoogleMurrayBookchin, Feb 17, 2018
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    Texas Republican Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Government is inept.

    It's amazing people are surprised by this.
     
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    What could the FBI do if they had investigated a year ago. No law had been broken. He had a legal right to own the gun.
     
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    You mean, the dotard and the GOP politicized it. They are firing people at the FBI.
     
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    The FBI is too busy allowing Muslim immigrants to enter the states
     
    MGB ROADSTER, Feb 18, 2018
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    And who is the head honcho of the FBI? The Executive who sits in the White House. Talk to him.
     
    Daniel Light, Feb 18, 2018
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    Even if they had followed that tip what could they do?
     
    Bowerbird, Feb 18, 2018
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    See something, say something...just not to us...we're too busy concocting ways to get FISA warrants to spy on political enemies for Barack and Hillary.
     
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    More hate filled right wing nonsense.

    Bush didn't politicized the federal agencies after 9/11? Or Nixon doing the same with the FBI spying on Americans with COINTELPRO ?


    Contrary to the lies, wishes, and treason of the far right, responsibility goes to the top. Right wing hero Trump is at the top and bears FULL responsibility for this mess as well as for every mass killing done during his regime.

    Only a liar and America hater will deny that truth.
     
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    The reader will notice again how yet another right winger comes up with a phony thread in which he attempts to attribute some bad news to Obama. Obviously it is yet another attempt to keep your attention from Trump's failings.
     
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    I repeat what could the FBI do if they received a tip off that someone was going to shoot up a school
     
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    If nothing, wonder why ObamaCo started the See Something, Say Something program? shitsngiggles?
     
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    Sorry but you seem to be avoiding answering the question
    What was the FBI to do???
     
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    Whatever ObamaCo's See Something, Say Something program stipulates. duh.

    (they would have included a protocol in such a fancy program, right?....I mean, they wouldn't have spent a bunch of taxpayer money to design a website and publicize a program if it was just a bunch of feel-good hooey, would they? would they?)
     
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  17. sharik

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    but the FBI is too busy with "Russia meddling" to care about home affairs.
     
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    Perhaps you may want to explain to people that "see something, say something" is hogwash.
     
    fmw, Feb 18, 2018
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    Pretty soon the gormless will be calling the FBI 'the alt left FBI' as they hack off yet another of their own diseased limbs.
     
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    In a school, if I investigated every students claim on each other, nothing would be achieved.
    They are children.

    I'll give example. Racism is an expulsion offence. Every 45 minutes I get 45 accusations of racism.
     
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    I've asked this question so many times and have received zero response.
     
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    Ok, but what should the FBI do when receiving information that someone may or may not be thinking of shooting a school. Let's start with an easy question. Are you are in favor of having their guns confiscated until fully investigated - yes or no?
     
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    Exactly - as I've said a few times, there was nothing they could have done. At least, not under current legislation.
     
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    From what I understand of it, he could have walked into the next gun shop he was near and buy another one?
    [​IMG] Next suggestion? ;)
     
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    How many tips do they get? How many tips don't end up resulting in any crime whatsoever?
     
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