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In reply to the discussion: Oh dear. CIA has not found any link between Orlando killer and Isis, says agency chief [View all]ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)22. You do realize what he's referring to when it comes to a "link", right?
It means did he/didn't he have direct contact with ISIS or any other radical group through clandestine channels or that they knew of his planned attack. It has nothing to do with one showing solidarity for the radical Islamic state in their motive.
Of course, ISIS praised the attack, but their bigoted homophobic asses have shut up about it now for fear they might be linked to a "dirty homosexual". A point you miss.
By the way, Brennan also said this today.....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cia-director-predicts-more-terrorist-attacks-like-those-in-orlando-brussels-and-paris/ar-AAh8X3V?li=BBnb7Kz
WASHINGTON CIA Director John Brennan warned Thursday that as Islamic State loses ground in Syria and Iraq, it probably will use guerrilla tactics to launch more terrorist attacks like those in Orlando, Fla., Brussels and Paris.
The CIA has seen no sign that Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, was in contact with Islamic State or any other terrorist group, Brennan told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Like the married couple who killed 14 people on Dec. 2 in San Bernardino, Mateen appears to have been self-radicalized online, in part by listening to jihadist sermons and watching videos of beheadings by militants.
Online exhortations and blueprints for attacks that are pushed to followers on Twitter and via encrypted apps can inspire individuals to embark on this path to destruction while evading a surveillance net that tracks communications and travel for potential signs of terrorist plots, Brennan said.
The CIA has seen no sign that Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, was in contact with Islamic State or any other terrorist group, Brennan told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Like the married couple who killed 14 people on Dec. 2 in San Bernardino, Mateen appears to have been self-radicalized online, in part by listening to jihadist sermons and watching videos of beheadings by militants.
Online exhortations and blueprints for attacks that are pushed to followers on Twitter and via encrypted apps can inspire individuals to embark on this path to destruction while evading a surveillance net that tracks communications and travel for potential signs of terrorist plots, Brennan said.
Now go start another thread calling the CIA director a "bigoted, Islamophobe asshole!" After all, it's the DU way....
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Oh dear. CIA has not found any link between Orlando killer and Isis, says agency chief [View all]
tenderfoot
Jun 2016
OP
but, but, but -- killings like this mean expanding the 2nd Amendment, while demolishing the 4th!
villager
Jun 2016
#2
And they're too "sensitive" to reply in the thread too. Just got a private message:
arcane1
Jun 2016
#37
A story with implications like this can get played either way unfortunately
newthinking
Jun 2016
#47
There's a big difference between using something for justification and actually coordinating. nt
Gore1FL
Jun 2016
#24
You do realize what he's referring to when it comes to a "link", right?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jun 2016
#22
For those, here and elsewhere, who think hate is the solution, not the problem, that won't make
jtuck004
Jun 2016
#23
I think he used the ISIS references to divert attention away from the fact that he was gay
world wide wally
Jun 2016
#25
Purely circumstantial but he was seen at that club a dozen times and was registered to a gay dating
world wide wally
Jun 2016
#53
I would think that "casing the joint" once or twice would suffice for his intentions, but who knows?
world wide wally
Jun 2016
#59
If you are implying this means that Mateen's motives were not religious, IMO you are wrong.
Yo_Mama
Jun 2016
#56
Shooter claimed allegiance to two competing groups at the last minute. He was just shitting us. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2016
#57
It's truly bizarre to call it Islamophobia when a terrorist is linked to a terror group
melman
Jun 2016
#63
I said that already. He was a bi-polar, suppressed homosexual who was probably
underahedgerow
Jun 2016
#67