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In reply to the discussion: Orlando terror attack live updates:Omar Mateen had been on terrorist watch list, bought guns recent [View all]romanic
(2,841 posts)28. The watch list needs to be tweaked obviously.
So pissed, this somehow could have been prevented from happening.
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ancianita
Jun 2016
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Employed by G4S since 2007 according to Jeremy Scahill quoting Palm Beach Post.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#1
Good God, wikipedia says they're a Brit firm merged with a Denmark firm which makes them
ancianita
Jun 2016
#10
I wonder if G4S even gets some Homeland dept's money though it's a Brit company.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#13
Wonder what the GOP thinks of its company hire now. This guy's been floating through
ancianita
Jun 2016
#18
perhaps, but we all know that the party who holds the POTUS gets the blame for shit
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#19
Yep. It's on Obama's watch. He's got to zero in on how watch list people get off, among
ancianita
Jun 2016
#20
When they said "security guard" I thought mall cop, not international mercenary army!
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2016
#25
No. He leveraged credibility based on his citizenship to somehow work for an ally's mercenary
ancianita
Jun 2016
#11
Thank God he was on a watch list and still had his second amendment rights
Feeling the Bern
Jun 2016
#4
It's probably not so that people on the list are not forewarned of their surveillance.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#14
In that case you are right, it was a complete break down that he was able to get around
still_one
Jun 2016
#29
It is mind boggling how easy it is to get a gun. Good start is the test and safety class. Can't we
Person 2713
Jun 2016
#33
One thing: FBI heads should roll for this. The FBI is the central manager of the TDSB, the
ancianita
Jun 2016
#8
Sorry but maybe a few less FBI agents on email server watch and more on terrorist watch please...
winstars
Jun 2016
#9
This kind of fuckup of intel/FBI communications now makes us appear vulnerable to the
ancianita
Jun 2016
#12
Not to politicize this myself, but this does look as if it could get TrumpTheFascist more votes.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#15
Of the more than one million entries in the TIDE as of 2013, around 21,000 are Americans.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#16
I wonder if the good folks at the gun forums are claiming "Obama False Flag" on this one too.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2016
#21