Sounds like the FBI had him and let him go

[redstateblues]

After interviewing him twice. I'm sure he was truthful about his radical views. Not. How could they have him on a watch list but he was still able to purchase guns? The system has some serious holes in it.

[roamer65]

1. FBI failure.

Should have been under constant surveillance.

[redstateblues]

2. Yep.

[Angel Martin]

6. approx one percent of US population is muslim (3.3 million)

lowest estimate of radicalized muslims in USA is one percent

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/terrorism-security/2015/0113/How-many-Muslim-extremists-are-there-Just-the-facts-please

if every muslim who has expressed radical views were under surveillance, every FBI employee (33K) would have his own radical to monitor 24 hours per day.

[TheDebbieDee]

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[redstateblues]

15. potential terrorists that are licensed to conceal carry weapons

Need to be surveiled. If they need to hire more agents so be it

[Travis_0004]

3. Due process

It sounds like you have this all figured out. Have you applied to be a consultant for the FBI yet?

[TheDebbieDee]

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[Recursion]

4. The FBI has probably had contact with most children of Muslim immigrants in the country

at one point or another. That's part of the disturbingly wide net that we cast.

[Barack_America]

5. No. Absolutely not. Particularly in nearby Dearborn...

..where Muslims are fully integrated into the community and radicalism is rare.

[Recursion]

7. You might be interested to learn about the FBI surveillance and informant network in Dearborn

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/fbi-muslim-outreach-terrorism-213765

It's at least better than the clumsy sting stuff they were trying 10 years ago, I guess...

[Barack_America]

10. And? Your claim that most Dearborn kids have been interviewed by the FBI is still wrong.

[Recursion]

17. I didn't say they'd been interviewed (nt)

[winstars]

8. Maybe they can spare some FBI personal who are investigating email servers....

[840high]

9. NBC

FBI first looked into Orlando gunman in 2013 because of statements about radical Islam
At least 50 people are dead and more than 50 others are wounded after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, early Sunday morning.
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[Nye Bevan]

11. Is there any way of preventing someone who has never been convicted of a crime

from purchasing guns?

[oberliner]

19. Assault weapons ban

Could at least prevent someone from purchasing the kind of gun that made it so easy to kill so many people so quickly.

[Adrahil]

14. Well, we can't have it both ways....

Suspicion does not equal guilt. Unless you want to go all Trump and basically just assume all Muslim men are terrorists, we must respect due process.

[Rex]

18. Wow, how many times has the CIA and FBI failed to capture someone that later

ends up killing people? They drop the ball way too much imo.

[catnhatnh]

20. How does this relate

to the FBI investigating Hillary Clinton??? If they don't arrest her do you want her to be allowed to run for President?

[NightWatcher]

21. He possessed a security clearance and was a guard for G4S (govt contractor)

I'm curious to see if his security clearance went through USIS, a former contractor who let slip a ton of people who should never gotten clearances. The #1 provider of background checks for security clearances has been found time and time again to have fallen down on the job.

[Odin2005]

22. Unfortunately you can't punish people until they commit a crime.

This guy's contacts with IS must have been discreet enough that the Feds couldn't nail him for anything.

I'd rather not go down the road of punishing "thoughtcrime".