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| FBI releases partial transcript of Orlando shooter 911 calls | |
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| The DoJ has released details of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s conversations with 911 operators and negotiators. The transcripts have been redacted to omit his stated allegiance to Islamic State and only a short portion of the contents have been released. | The DoJ has released details of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s conversations with 911 operators and negotiators. The transcripts have been redacted to omit his stated allegiance to Islamic State and only a short portion of the contents have been released. |
| Mateen killed 49 and wounded 53 people at Pulse, a gay night club, on June 12. He made two 911 calls during the attack, and received one call back. | |
| According to the FBI’s release, Mateen began his first 911 call with an Arabic greeting, before saying he was the shooter and pledging allegiance to a redacted word. | According to the FBI’s release, Mateen began his first 911 call with an Arabic greeting, before saying he was the shooter and pledging allegiance to a redacted word. |
| The release goes on to detail a summary of the three crisis calls made. Mateen tells the negotiator to stop bombing Syria and Iraq and said “There is some vehicle outside that has some bombs, just to let you know. You people are going to die and I’m gonna ignite it if they try to do anything stupid.” | The release goes on to detail a summary of the three crisis calls made. Mateen tells the negotiator to stop bombing Syria and Iraq and said “There is some vehicle outside that has some bombs, just to let you know. You people are going to die and I’m gonna ignite it if they try to do anything stupid.” |
| The negotiations covered 28 minutes of calls, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said. It’s important to keep the person talking in hostage situation, he added. | The negotiations covered 28 minutes of calls, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said. It’s important to keep the person talking in hostage situation, he added. |
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| The release comes after a number of media organizations pushed for the release of the 911 calls. | The release comes after a number of media organizations pushed for the release of the 911 calls. |
| The calls from both Mateen and people inside of Pulse nightclub “were very vital,” Mina said. “That’s how we got information about explosives.” | The calls from both Mateen and people inside of Pulse nightclub “were very vital,” Mina said. “That’s how we got information about explosives.” |
| Police also answered questions about the delay between their arrival and entering the nightclub. | Police also answered questions about the delay between their arrival and entering the nightclub. |
| “Our SWAT team responded and set up for all situations,” Mina said. He refused to go into all of the team’s tactics, but noted that for an explosive entry, “those things take time.” | “Our SWAT team responded and set up for all situations,” Mina said. He refused to go into all of the team’s tactics, but noted that for an explosive entry, “those things take time.” |
| Mina also addressed the question of whether any victims were shot by officers. | Mina also addressed the question of whether any victims were shot by officers. |
| “Those killings are on the suspect and on the suspect alone, in my mind,” he said. | “Those killings are on the suspect and on the suspect alone, in my mind,” he said. |
| Speaking to NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said, “What we're not going to do is further proclaim this man's pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda. We are not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance [to Islamic State]." | Speaking to NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said, “What we're not going to do is further proclaim this man's pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda. We are not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance [to Islamic State]." |
| Lynch said the release will “begin to capture the back and forth between him and the negotiators, we’re trying to get as much information about this investigation out as possible.” | Lynch said the release will “begin to capture the back and forth between him and the negotiators, we’re trying to get as much information about this investigation out as possible.” |
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| While President Barack Obama has maintained that the shooter was “self-radicalized” and an example of “homegrown extremism” and others have pointed to Mateen’s struggles with his sexuality as a likely motive for the massacre, Donald Trump and elements of the right have insisted that Mateen’s shooting was part of an IS terror plot, and a clear cut case of “radical Islamic terrorism,” despite a lack of evidence linking Mateen to IS. | While President Barack Obama has maintained that the shooter was “self-radicalized” and an example of “homegrown extremism” and others have pointed to Mateen’s struggles with his sexuality as a likely motive for the massacre, Donald Trump and elements of the right have insisted that Mateen’s shooting was part of an IS terror plot, and a clear cut case of “radical Islamic terrorism,” despite a lack of evidence linking Mateen to IS. |
| The partial release backs up the narrative pushed by the FBI, which has received criticism for failing to prevent Mateen from committing the massacre. Mateen was under investigation by the FBI on two separate occasions before he carried out the attack. | The partial release backs up the narrative pushed by the FBI, which has received criticism for failing to prevent Mateen from committing the massacre. Mateen was under investigation by the FBI on two separate occasions before he carried out the attack. |
| New evidence has come to light which reveals the FBI attempted to entrap Mateen with an informant during the course of its investigation. This is a common tactic employed by the FBI to capture terrorists. It has been criticized for creating terrorists rather than preventing terrorism. | New evidence has come to light which reveals the FBI attempted to entrap Mateen with an informant during the course of its investigation. This is a common tactic employed by the FBI to capture terrorists. It has been criticized for creating terrorists rather than preventing terrorism. |
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| In Mateen’s case an informant was placed at a St Lucie County Courthouse where he worked for security firm G4S, after complaints were made about comments he had made there. The FBI launched an investigation into Mateen. The informant failed to “lure Omar into some kind of act,” Sheriff Ken Mascara said Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, FBI Director James Comey described the investigation into Mateen as involving “introducing confidential sources to him.” | In Mateen’s case an informant was placed at a St Lucie County Courthouse where he worked for security firm G4S, after complaints were made about comments he had made there. The FBI launched an investigation into Mateen. The informant failed to “lure Omar into some kind of act,” Sheriff Ken Mascara said Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, FBI Director James Comey described the investigation into Mateen as involving “introducing confidential sources to him.” |
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| The conversations between Mateen and the FBI informants could reveal more about his motives than the 911 calls. It is unknown whether conversations with alleged extremists could have radicalized Mateen, or whether the informants knew of Mateen’s issues with his sexuality. | The conversations between Mateen and the FBI informants could reveal more about his motives than the 911 calls. It is unknown whether conversations with alleged extremists could have radicalized Mateen, or whether the informants knew of Mateen’s issues with his sexuality. |
| “We’re looking into any potential motive, we’re not just looking at one motive,” Ron Hopper, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Tampa field office, told reporters. The FBI is asking for anybody and everybody who had contact with Mateen to come forward. |