FBI Knew About Florida Shooter--the Convenient Guy With the Latino Name Who Wanted to Join ISIS

[McCamy Taylor]

And the shooting happened one week before the Florida legislature was gonna vote to allow guns in airports so people could defend themselves.

Pardon me for being skeptical---but does the right wing think we were born yesterday????!!!!

I have been predicting for weeks that the Trump/Putin administration would find a Latino-Muslim to help them jump-start their war against the U.S. Constitution. And now it looks like Comey and the FBI had already identified just the guy.

Democrats in Congress, I demand that you find out everything the FBI knew about this man. Because if Comey would do what he did for Trump last fall, I have absolutely no doubt he would turn a shooter lose to kill people "for the sake of national security."

The suspect showed up several months ago at the FBI office in Anchorage, law enforcement officials told CNN. He was interviewed and said he was hearing voices in his head, including some telling him to join ISIS. He was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, the officials said. He voluntarily checked himself in, the officials explained.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/us/fort-lauderdale-airport-incident/

[FarCenter]

1. He is a US citizen, born in New Jersey and an Iraq War veteran

[malaise]

2. One more victim of Busho's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq

His family said he had mental problems

[FarCenter]

4. He's only 26, and would have been there only a few years ago.

[RandiFan1290]

8. So what?

Bush and the republicons still own their failure.

[herding cats]

3. I read he thought the CIA was trying to force him to join ISIS.

Federal law enforcement officials told NBC News that Santiago was undergoing treatment for mental health problems, complaining that he was hearing voices.

A few months ago, he walked into the FBI's office in Anchorage, claiming that the CIA was forcing him to join ISIS, the officials said. Officials say local police were called, and he went voluntarily to a mental health facility for treatment.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fort-lauderdale-shooting-five-killed-airport-shooting-gunman-idd-esteban-n704001

ETA: To be clear, the man is mentally ill. It's obvious he needs help, and he shouldn't have had access to guns.

[yagotme]

6. Yes, he should have had extensive assistance.

Another "red flag" slipping through the security cracks. Shouldn't have been allowed to have gun, with current knowledge that's available about him.

[global1]

5. The Trumpchurian Candidate....nt

[X_Digger]

7. Are you seriously proposing something like those whackadoo 'MIHOP'/'LIHOP' CT'ers? n/t

[Grey Lemercier]

10. I think it is much more likely they will simply take advantage of the situation, I do not think

they "planted" or "activated" a sleeper. I refuse to believe (and no, I do not think I am suffering from normalcy bias) that we live in a world where MIHOP/LIHOP machinations rule the day. If, on the extraordinarily (as in one in a million plus) remote chance we are under that level of manipulation and control, everything is too hopeless to even give any fucks about. I will never become that paranoid and conspiratorial ever. Not a chance.

[ck4829]

9. All of the FBI's resources were going to something much more important

Chasing Hillary's emails for the 26th time, trying to find something, anything.