Reports: Authorities feared terrorism, explosives at Pulse
Associated Press
By Jennifer Kay | AP June 25 at 6:07 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...94ec86-3b17-11e6-af02-1df55f0c77ff_story.html“MIAMI — Law enforcement officials immediately suspected terrorism and adjusted their staging areas due to fears about an explosive device as they responded to reports of shots fired at a gay nightclub in Orlando, according to sheriff’s office incident reports released Saturday.”
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“Sgt. David Legvold wrote that as he assessed all the sheriff’s office personnel and resources at the early morning scene, he was told by a superior that “this incident had been declared a National Special Security Event and should not be discussed outside the law enforcement community.”
”The U.S. Department of Homeland Security makes that designation for events deemed to be potential targets for terrorism, mass protests or other criminal activity. Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia last year and this year’s Republican and Democratic national conventions have received this designation.
Legvold wrote that the commander of the sheriff’s office Critical Incident Management Team informed him about the special security designation, but it wasn’t clear where that information came from. A report by the lieutenant that Legvold identified as the team’s commander was not released.
In a 911 call from the club where 49 people were killed and over 50 were injured, the gunman, Omar Mateen, pledged solidarity with the Islamic State group. Federal law enforcement officials have said there’s no evidence Mateen was directed by any foreign terror groups.
Officials also have said FBI investigators haven’t found convincing evidence supporting reports that Mateen was gay or seeking gay relationships.”
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Well, when I compare this Orlando shooting to the San Bernardino shooting, it seems to me that the FBI agents handling that case were much more upfront about the whole thing. As I recall, the head FBI guy held frequent meetings with the press and the public and was much more forthcoming with information.
Even as they held back some information along the way, they never seemed to not know what they were doing. I cannot say the same for these Florida folks. After reading this article, I am beginning to get the impression that they are covering something up. But, what? and why?
$$$$/election year! you can get a lot more voter stuff as long as its ISIS, compared to a mentally ill dude what hates himself and is filled with rage with those who have accepted themselves.
Its not like Port St Lucie does not have a movie theatre on a Sat night that does not have a whole bunch of people in it! IMO there are reasons why he drove, 90 miles, to a gay club, on latin night
All behavior has meaning moo-- the things they have been ignoring are stunning.I have never heard of a "friend" being described as someome in some medical field!
OM recieved a call from a friend, a car mechanic in Washington.
OM recieved a call from a friend, a Port O John repair man in Washington. etcetc
A friend in some medical feild cound noy get more vague, there is IMO no reason to hide vocation of friend.
I am sure they expected explosives, they have a guy that looks Muslim, is shooting like crazy, and starts to talk about having bombs. mo total BS, if they instnatly deployed bomb people to the scene, it would not have taken them three hours to do what they ended up doing. After the first cops went in instnatly (worldwide protocal these days - neutrlzie the shooter), he talked to people outside the bar with 48 minutes. He told them he had a vest with bombs on it. If you listen to the early reports, the bomb angle came up in about the first hour.
This report makes it sound like they thought about bomb instantly - obvioulsy that is not is case --they had to call them in after the intial gunfight, and have repeatedly explained there three hour wait as being related to get additioinial resoucres on scene etc.
There is reason , IMO, as well , nothing else has happened with the wife - they turned all that into a San Bern like thing pretty quick, this big ISIS husband and wife- nothing.
They did however, release his claim to ISIS, way before the "transcripts" were released, they got another whole round of ISIS media coverage when they through this beg media release of transpcripts that told us nothing that had not already been in the news for days. They got another whole news cycle with the redaction, which then turned int another ISIS foucesed news cycle when they un redacted the intial unneccasry redaction of the redaction that no longer became redacted!!
Spin! If any of us beleive, that in general, society "cares" more about homosexuals that 7 year old children - well IMO that is silly and jsut not true in the midwest of this country. Look at all the hoopala "gun" stuff happened in election year 5 months away.
ISIS is far more "election", than to use the generic term (which I obviouly hate!) some crazy person went crazy - how can you get some election miles out of that truth? How come airports govt buildings etc did not go into "heightened" mode after this ? Becasue mass shootings dont result in homeland security level increases.
That did not happen after Batman, but did after San Bern. That did not happen after Sandy Hook but did after San Bern. A gay guy goes to gay days and becomes this covert CIA casing - he used a gun. Its not like he had to scope out (like the San Bern people with all their bombs , remote controlled things etc).
In fact if you really think about it someone that is an expert marksman planning on using a killing machine, has nothing to "case" - you do what he did, enter finger on the trigger, its a two room building! If it were an FBI building with security maybe, it was a soft target, that is why they are called soft targets - nothing to do but walk in guns blazing!
Now they have him casing shopping malls? One shopping mall is no different than another- what is there to case? Its not like he went on line looking to buy fertilizer or any other bomb thing. He bought a machine gun and walked in shooting. Nothing all this terrorist eeee.
I had forgotten had elaborate San Bern had been. Batman was far more sophisticated than this. Elliot had a 200 page novel attached. Omar was sinking in sea of madness, like Batman, Sandy Hook and Elliot. I would think the SanBern folks would know not to go to some gun store in a small city and ask for level three warfare outfit. His judgement was sliding, to the point to where those around him were totally aware he was slipping. San Bern did everything they could to look as "normal" as posssible to avoid being thwarted.
If anything he got more obvious the last month - that is far more mental judgement, impulsive (history of impulse related troubles since birth) related than a terrorist who is studying Inspire magazine for a year!! If he did the exact same thing in a hetersexual bar it would be "worse". Even now there are tons of folks I would imagine in the midwest are thrilled he murdered a bunch of homosexuals. You do not pick a hated (gasys AA,jews) for major impact. They would go for normal people in a movie theatre etc.
Even now, I would think there a lot of people who would be thinking well it wont happen to me, I am not gay, and do not frequent gay bars. Fort Hood was a far bigger mental issue than ISIS stuff, that dude was really losing it - colleagues in the field of mental health were concerned about him decomping for a long time- you can not get any more "mental" than that IMO! Batman was decomping as well - his psychiatrist had been warning campus security for weeks.
Lanza no dissuccion needed or warrented.Planned parenthood uttering nonsenscial things in court - nothing more to discuss there as well! Charleston quite evident as well. The Washington Navy guard hated his job.
Obviously Uber dude was going off the tracks. Virginia tech was activily psycotic. If one looks back , (I just did!) one of the past 7 events have been terrorists and related to ISIS. The rest were are countries failure to address failing mental health system. As outlined above several of these had mental health system activily involved and still failed.
Virginia tech, mental health have been so invovled with him for several years and still missied the boat. What would it be, the underwear guy is the last one before San Bern that is ISIS related?
And IF this is true I think it would debunk the whole revenge gay killing thing. Gay or no, I really, really believe he committed an act of Terrorism in the name of his religion. Radical, sick, twisted piece of garbage.
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He went shopping!! This mass shooter ! Chose not to help the last three words!! I wish someone could help me understand how one thinks this. I beleived it was terrorism the first 72 hours until info came
