The Atlantic: Why the FBI Isn't Calling San Bernardino 'Terrorism'

[LiberalElite]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/fbi-definition-of-terrorism/418722/?google_editors_picks=true

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During a press conference in San Bernardino on Thursday, law-enforcement officials noted that the two dead suspects in Wednesday’s massacre had stockpiled an enormous arsenal: thousands of rounds of ammunition, 12 pipe bombs, and material to build more. They said that the couple, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, seemed to be preparing for more carnage in separate attacks. They noted “international travel,” and said that “if you look at the amount of obvious preplanning … there was obviously a mission here.” Anonymous officials told various news organizations that they believed the couple was in touch with suspected terrorists.

But when a reporter asked David Bowdich, who heads the Los Angeles field office of the FBI, whether the attack was terrorism, he was careful not to make a ruling.
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[philosslayer]

2. Who is "they"?

Are you in the right place?

[rufus dog]

4. Whitey!

1. President Obama this morning stated it could be terrorism
2. President Obama, the twice elected President is pushing for regulations supported by the vast majority of Americans
3. He was born here
4. Name me the last white guy mass shooter labeled as a terrorist.

Educate yourself.

[Abouttime]

3. Maybe because it's really workplace violence

Sadly millions of Americans have multiple guns and stockpile ammunition, are they also terrorists?
These 2 planned the cold blooded murder of their colleagues, they killed them in cold blood at their holiday party. He and his partner killed his coworkers in this senseless act of workplace violence.
If they would have targeted the general population then it would fit the definition of terrorism.

[hifiguy]

6. Could be one or both.

Hard to say at this point.

[hifiguy]

5. Probably waiting to do some more investigations

into just what was going on here before making a definitive statement.

[Rex]

9. True, I would expect them to wait.

We here can speculate all day long and it won't hurt anything, they speculate and it can.

[Jesus Malverde]

7. It's extremely political and leaves law enforcement/NSA/ and those who coddle "moderate" terrorists.

Looking stupid.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. And why i leave the speculation to the experts here

and defer to the real experts and I will not call it terrorism until they well, do.

What many of our media types are doing IS SPECULATION, and it is irresponsible.

[spinbaby]

10. I think probably a hybrid

They were inspired by Isis and found the workplace to be a convenient target. Or he was angry at his workplace, looked to Isis for ideas, and dragged his wife along for the ride.

[JCMach1]

11. Not a hybrid attack, the workplace just became the 'soft' target...

Too much planning involved for this.

[Bonhomme Richard]

12. There are plenty of soft targets..This was personal.

For all I know he may have had to put up with stuff because of his religion..and he flipped out. Maybe he went to the party to give someone one more chance. Hell, Who knows? I don't know. Right now it is all speculation. I would think that if he did have a religious agenda it would have been a lot easier mentally to pull it off if he did it to strangers and not colleagues.