20-06-2016, 09:43 PM
Hah! Minutes after my last post, I get this:
Full Orlando 911 transcript released, gunman pledges allegiance to Islamic State
Barbara Liston
Jun 20th 2016 3:46PM
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/06/20/fu.../21398777/
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI on Monday released what they said was the complete transcript of the phone conversation between the Orlando, Florida, shooter and 911 police operators as he threatened to strap explosives to his hostages. The release of the full transcript came a few hours after the FBI had issued an edited transcript of the calls.
In the full transcript, the gunman, Omar Mateen, is quoted pledging allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Mateen, 29, killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida on June 12, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. He threatened to detonate a car rigged with bombs and to strap hostages into explosive vests, according to transcripts of the 911 calls he made while police tried to rescue people trapped in the club. The FBI and Justice Department said they had released a redacted transcript of the conversations because of sensitivity to the interests of survivors and victims' families, and the integrity of the investigation.
But the first transcript led U.S. House of Representative Speaker Paul Ryan and other politicians to call for the release of a full transcript after a political battle over gun violence brewed in the U.S. Congress. Mateen's conversations with a dispatcher and crisis negotiators were made public as police sought to fend off criticism that they may have acted too slowly to end a three-hour standoff at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. "You people are gonna get it and I'm gonna ignite it if they try to do anything stupid," Mateen said during one of the calls, according to the FBI transcript.
(Additional reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Frank McGurty in New York, and Eric Beech, Mohammad Zargham and Patricia Zengerle in Washington; Writing by Fiona Ortiz and Daniel Wallis; Editing by Bill Trott)
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So you can see that expediency caused by the political battle in Congress over gun rights outweighs "sensitivity" and "integrity." The pecking order of our national values is quite clear. Of course, if there was any chance they read my last post and agreed with me, I'd have nothing but good things to say.
Full Orlando 911 transcript released, gunman pledges allegiance to Islamic State
Barbara Liston
Jun 20th 2016 3:46PM
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/06/20/fu.../21398777/
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI on Monday released what they said was the complete transcript of the phone conversation between the Orlando, Florida, shooter and 911 police operators as he threatened to strap explosives to his hostages. The release of the full transcript came a few hours after the FBI had issued an edited transcript of the calls.
In the full transcript, the gunman, Omar Mateen, is quoted pledging allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Mateen, 29, killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida on June 12, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. He threatened to detonate a car rigged with bombs and to strap hostages into explosive vests, according to transcripts of the 911 calls he made while police tried to rescue people trapped in the club. The FBI and Justice Department said they had released a redacted transcript of the conversations because of sensitivity to the interests of survivors and victims' families, and the integrity of the investigation.
But the first transcript led U.S. House of Representative Speaker Paul Ryan and other politicians to call for the release of a full transcript after a political battle over gun violence brewed in the U.S. Congress. Mateen's conversations with a dispatcher and crisis negotiators were made public as police sought to fend off criticism that they may have acted too slowly to end a three-hour standoff at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. "You people are gonna get it and I'm gonna ignite it if they try to do anything stupid," Mateen said during one of the calls, according to the FBI transcript.
(Additional reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Frank McGurty in New York, and Eric Beech, Mohammad Zargham and Patricia Zengerle in Washington; Writing by Fiona Ortiz and Daniel Wallis; Editing by Bill Trott)
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So you can see that expediency caused by the political battle in Congress over gun rights outweighs "sensitivity" and "integrity." The pecking order of our national values is quite clear. Of course, if there was any chance they read my last post and agreed with me, I'd have nothing but good things to say.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."