The White House is probably regretting its decision not to show FBI Director Christopher Wray the door when he reportedly threatened to resign last year over the administration's push to oust now-former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe...
In what the bureau has called a "failure of protocol," the Wray admitted that the bureau had failed to follow up on an anonymous tip delivered to one of its hotlines by somebody who knew Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old gunman who killed 17 people and wounded more than a dozen more at his former high school in Parkland, Fla. on Wednesday. Instead of being forwarded to the FBI's Miami field office, the tip was essentially ignored...and now nearly 20 people, most of them teenagers, are dead.
On Jan. 5, a person close to Cruz called an FBI tip line warning them about the 19 year old's behavior, and warning them that he might try to carry out a school shooting. They also discussed his expressed desire to kill people, his erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts. And the FBI was also notified about a comment on a YouTube video posted by a "Nikolas Cruz" last year.
Wray said in a statement that he is "committed to getting to the bottom of what happened in this particular matter, as well as reviewing our processes for responding to information that we receive from the public."
"We have determined that these protocols were not followed for the information received by the PAL on January 5. The information was not provided to the Miami field office, and no further investigation was conducted at that time," the FBI said in a statement released Friday.
Yesterday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called on Wray to resign, saying the bureau's failure to act was "unacceptable" and that "an apology isn't going to cut it."
"The FBI’s failure to take action against this killer is unacceptable....The FBI Director needs to resign," said Scott in a statement.
"We constantly promote ‘see something, say something,’ and a courageous person did just that to the FBI. And the FBI failed to act. ‘See something, say something’ is an incredibly important tool and people must have confidence in the follow through from law enforcement. The FBI director needs to resign," Scott added.
"Seventeen innocent people are dead and acknowledging a mistake isn't going to cut it. An apology will never bring these 17 Floridians back to life or comfort the families who are in pain. The families will spend a lifetime wondering how this could happen, and an apology will never give them the answers they desperately need."
Florida officials, including Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Ted Deutch, criticized the FBI's inaction.
And already, conservatives are pointing to the irony that Special Counsel Robert Muelller indicted 13 Russians yesterday - allegations that the Russian government has called "absurd" and will almost certainly not result in the imprisonment or prosecution of a single individual - while the bureau appears to be ignoring potentially life saving tips...
...conservatives including Anne Coulter...
Last September, FBI was sent a screenshot of a comment by nikolas cruz:
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 15, 2018
"I’m going to be a professional school shooter.”
Unfortunately, the FBI was busy running down Clinton campaign leads about a nonexistent Russian conspiracy with Trump.https://t.co/8FgxcZu7pW
Even Attorney General Jeff Session, in what the New York Times described as an "unusually harsh" rebuke of a sitting FBI director, said the bureau technically Wray's boss - who, in a rare move, criticized the director, saying "the FBI in conjunction with our state and local partners must act flawlessly to prevent all attacks. This is imperative, and we must do better."
Per Reuters, Sessions said he has ordered a review of FBI procedures following the shooting - which was carried out with an AR-15 assault rifle purchased legally by the shooter, despite his long history of violent threats and mental instability.
And as the Times also pointed out, the bureau was criticized by Congress in 2009 for not preventing the shooting at Fort Hood Texas. The bureau also was aware of one of the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing, and Omar Mateen, the shooter in the Pulse Nightclub attack in Orlando.
The bureau's defenders say, asking that they anticipate every attack is unreasonable, and that the public will never be aware of the attacks that are foiled because of the bureau's diligence...
But in this case, the warning signs were so obvious, and so plentiful, that it's not just remarkable that law enforcement didn't take them seriously - it's downright disturbing...
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Maybe if his name was Nikolas Medvedev, or maybe Boris Alotofkrap, they would have been flies on shit.
Jeff Sessions looks like one of Jeff Dunham’s muppets, Walter. ;-)
Looney
In reply to Maybe if his name was… by Amy G. Dala
Wray needs to go.
His comments last week, the ball drop on this shooting which, obviously with the most mundane of police work, could have been stopped....inexcusable. The FBI needs a total overhaul. Reward the “rank and file” with promotions to those who’ve proven themselves and hire a new field officer group. Train them and flesh out the political hacks. Justice must be blind and equal.
In reply to … by Looney
1000+. Trump can put in his own guy and the decent employees can be rewarded bringing back integrity to this agency.
In reply to Wray needs to go… by IridiumRebel
Absolutely. The whole of the FBI is a pock-marked shell of itself thanks to the fundamental transformation of it by Obama. Fuck him. 😡
In reply to 1000+. Trump can put in his… by MoralsAreEssential
They TEACH the kids in school they are descended from ANIMALS. So they act like them.
In reply to Absolutely. The whole of the… by IridiumRebel
Makes you wonder whether they allow/manufacture the shootings on purpose as part of the crusade against the second ammendment.
In reply to They TEACH the kids in… by stizazz
Behold a Pale Horse:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWHsTOyVoAAXNO8.jpg
In reply to Makes you wonder whether… by eforce
behold another pale horse.
http://82.221.129.208/nicholascruz.3gp
In reply to Behold a Pale Horse:https:/… by Miss Expectations
Actually I think FBI was well aware that this would happen but they leave it on purpose to slip so that they can create outrage and cause against white people and gun ownership - everything falls in place so well that the probability of randomness for my gut approaches 0.
This was just a too good opportunity to let it pass. See the CNN propaganda accordingly
[ Exclusive: Group chat messages show school shooter obsessed with race, violence and guns]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/us/exclusive-school-shooter-instagram-gr…
In reply to behold another pale horse… by WillyGroper
Who cares what it takes for Mr. Purple Tie to go away. Let’s hope he leaves soon and Trump appoints someone from outside DC who can clean house.
Corruption!
It’s what’s for breakfast!
– Rod Mueler
In reply to Actually I think FBI was… by Luc X. Ifer
America should care and be enraged at FBI because the blood od these unfortunate children is of the FBI's hands. America should go to the streets and demand the resignation of the FBI top command layers and the institution to be revamped as obviously the institution top priorities are the ones serving the political oligarchy and not protecting the main street citizen.
In reply to … by macholatte
The tragedy here is that there still are people who think these shootings aren’t staged.
In reply to America should care and be… by Luc X. Ifer
Of course that is what happened, but who is responsible? Wray? One of his underlings? I never was a big Wray fan, but there is a trail to follow here. I would not be surprised if it was the Miami office, and the secretary died from shark attack while swimming at night. Everyone knows that sharks feed from dusk till dawn. I suspect more than one person deserves to be fired.
In reply to Actually I think FBI was… by Luc X. Ifer
fire his ass. replace him with somebody who's a little harder on the lads. along with motivating the lazy fuckwit Gmen, it'll scare the shit outta the deep state. win win: it's the Trump way
no such thing as an indispensable bureaucrat
In reply to Of course that is what… by Yog Soggoth
But school shooter had a younger brother who was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric institution. No one can tell us why because of HIPPA but there may just be serious mental health issues that way too many civil servants simply wrote off as his being a problem child.
The FBI did even get that far.
In reply to Actually I think FBI was… by Luc X. Ifer
Looks like it, or we'd see the flunky that dropped the ball fired. Named & shamed.
No names or firings = top exec's involved.
Maybe next week, still early.
In reply to Actually I think FBI was… by Luc X. Ifer
That's exactly what happened in Australia. And all it took was one school yard shooting for them to turn over their guns. Bunch of vagina hats. Now they and the Brits regret giving up their guns to this day.
In reply to Behold a Pale Horse:https:/… by Miss Expectations
Fake news. Fake that he reportedly threatened to resign according to 'an anonymous source'. Fake news that it's Wray's fault that a Clowns in America conditioned crazy shoots people.
In reply to That's exactly what happened… by Pure Evil
If it makes him resign I'll take it. Just want that mufker outta there. MAGA
In reply to Fake news. Fake that he… by DeadFred
Cut out the FBI’s senior political lifers in DC distracted by “insurance policies“ to overthrow election results, and make sure the honest field agents keep their eye on the ball doing the job they are supposed to do.
The blood of 17 people in Florida is on the hands of the shameful DC game players.
In reply to If it makes him resign I'll… by Playtime's Over
Chris Farrell from Judicial Watch says the field offices are just as corrupt as the seventh floor.
In reply to Cut out the FBI’s senior… by BidnessMan
He may be right and that is very sad because about ten years ago I stepped by accident into not one but two separate situations that needed someone to check them out. I used the FBI web page to write both situations up and I mean they took care of both issues beyond quickly.
So something happened to change those really efficient and also easy to check out potential real threats. And neither from what I saw anyway involved the killing of school kids.
They did switch over though from letting one contact the appropriate Region or office whereas today they have something like 150 "trained" operators who take those calls and distribute them out. Doubt if the operators have the backgrounds really needed for many situations.
In reply to Chris Farrell from Judicial… by nunyabidnez
Boston certainly was, Zip Connolley and gang runnin' Whitey Bulger (brother of...).
Took the DEA and the MASS Staties to unfuck that mess. Now the mass staties are all pussified too.
In reply to Chris Farrell from Judicial… by nunyabidnez
Totally agree!
Go to Fox news website and listen to Judge Jeanine Opening statement for tonight 2/17. She lets the FBI have it with both barrels!!
In reply to Cut out the FBI’s senior… by BidnessMan
Let us all allow:
- Powerful people to run amuck, Anti-Trust to take over, Robber Barron's to Lord over us, Monopoly State Capitalism to control communities, counties, states, regions
- Powerful Sentiment to make Criminals of 50% of the population, private intel agencies to manipulate people, free wheeling background data to empower capitalism while criminalizing citizen... immigrants are cheaper... and we need lower class... so capitalism loves criminalizing your kids and all others
- English Tradition is to suppress people like you, me, ZH, & create under class much like the East India Company learned in 1600 AC... no Magna Carta for the Elites!
- Elites love Cheap Labor, Slave Labor, it is Capital after all! ... Revolt, hell no we don't want guns
In reply to That's exactly what happened… by Pure Evil
When is Trump going to start putting true outsider patriots into these top leadership positons so they can start ridding these agencies of corruption, malfeasance and incompetency? When?
In reply to Let us all allow:… by TeethVillage88s
Trump needs to wise up and replace with patriots instead of these anti-American trolls. Wray should go and take his purple tie with him.
In reply to When is Trump going to start… by auricle
Sessions needs to go first
In reply to Trump needs to wise up and… by Handful of Dust
Trump doesn't get to do anything, a few speeches, fly here, fly there, deep state runs things, have for decades.
In reply to When is Trump going to start… by auricle
That is a weak spot he has. He seems to think ultra wealthy or high ranking military people are the only ones to consider.
Huge mistake and he needs to learn soon and possibly get professional guidance on how to find great candidates from other talent pools.
In reply to When is Trump going to start… by auricle
laughing to the bank, yup the bank. besides trump is trump, another pimp on strings.
somewhere over there in the theater of death resides the rulers of pimps on strings...
the show must go on keeping everyone distracted and pissed off with a million ideas of confusion.
the problems with all these wonderful solutions is everybody is talking with nothing to say...
In reply to When is Trump going to start… by auricle
That’s not what happened you fucking dumb shit liar. You remind me of Alex Jones making up shit. Dunblane massacre in the UK was the school shooting that made them restrict arms there. Here in Australia it was political interference from your agenda 21 planners, yeah dickhead your .gov meddling in our affairs (and elections). What they also helped to do is orchestrate a special forces soldier kill a bunch of people (Port Arthur Massacre - look it up dumb shit) then blame it on a mentally retarded patsy who couldn’t shoot straight.
Not everyone turned in their guns either.
In reply to That's exactly what happened… by Pure Evil
Remind me again what is the purpose of FBI?(apart from hookers and blow and covering/creating FF)
In reply to Behold a Pale Horse:https:/… by Miss Expectations
That book was a hot topic in one of the Qanon livestreams a night or two ago (in the rabbit hole all the nights and streams are running together for me now). The FBI was SO flagrantly inept and seemingly dismissive of the many red flags Cruz was leaving for years that it's very easy to believe this was one of those MKUltra False Flags planned by the FBI or CIA (yes, on home soil). Not one of our institutions or agencies can be trusted. Q has said over and over that there will be constant FFs as the Deep State digs in against PDJT. We've already seen quite a few just in the last few weeks.
In reply to Behold a Pale Horse:https:/… by Miss Expectations
Gee....ya think?
In reply to Makes you wonder whether… by eforce
Me personally? Naw. The criminals, career sociopaths, and incompetent syncopants are firmly in charge. Maybe it was always just so, perhaps yes, exponentially greater over these many, many years, like an out of control virus, blight, parasites killing the host. Yeah, 17 intelligence agencies agree. Well see, there's the fucking problem right there .. Who exactly is it that run bartertown?
Well, as we know, the nameless, faceless people, and their magic money machine, run Bartertown. Shit in ----> all manner of evil fuckery out ..
Look out upon the world and behold, the "worlds brilliant leaders." Skull fucking the masses into silent oblivion. Take your soma like a good little lad now, it'll be ok. But, but, I wanna be famous !
The talking heads talk, and talk, and talk.
This must not stand!! Whyyyyy there oughta be a law! And there is, many laws.
And these fucking imbeciles drone on and on and on. Why it's the guns! Why it's the video games! Why it's the Godless society!
Well, priests, and other's fucking children, there's a clue. Sexual perversion and deviancy to the point of being made normal in the lawless, amoral society.
Look out upon the world. Life has never been sold cheaper, nor more vacuous. Empty souless fucks, with nothin left to lose ..
Never minding a society that consistently churns out these sick fucks, born of sick fucks, breeding exponentially greater numbers of sick fucks in a society that cranks em out, initiates them, indoctrinates them in the me me me, it's all about me, amoral cesspool of nothingness, devoid of all reason, sanity let alone rational discussion.
A leviathan beast, consuming all through it's peculiar appetites, making more grist for satans mill, that is to say, breeding ever greater still and sicker fucks.
The beast is let loose upon the land, and he's runnin this shitshow.
In reply to Gee....ya think? by backwaterdogs
Could be; a high possibility. Just review the circumstances of the Boston Marathon and the OKC bombing. In those two cases facts have come to light that suggest that the 2 brothers and McVeigh were MKUltra patsies. As to Adam Lanza of Sandy Hook fame, there is no school, birth or death record on this obviously manufactured person.
In reply to Makes you wonder whether… by eforce
The Feds or other authorities got a lot of tips from various mass shooters over the years, but never followed up.
Once is a tragedy, twice coincidence maybe?
several times? On purpose. No one can be that inept.
In reply to Makes you wonder whether… by eforce
Too busy sexting on your dime.
In reply to The Feds or other… by ironmace
Third time and beyond is enemy action.
In reply to The Feds or other… by ironmace
Speaking of that...I could swear we're seen this face before in photos of similar shootings.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-high-school-student-claims-222936080.html
In reply to Makes you wonder whether… by eforce
Slut Ann Coulter is deflecting this on Hillary Clinton?
wow, you racist fucks are degenerates to be so feeble minded and bigoted.
In reply to Makes you wonder whether… by eforce
Fuck the down votes.
In reply to Absolutely. The whole of the… by IridiumRebel
I agree with everything but your fowl language.
In reply to Absolutely. The whole of the… by IridiumRebel
Fancy that! I never realized Iridium Rebel was a birder!
In reply to I agree with everything but… by jrcowboy49
He likes stool pigeons .
When he's not fapping to "RANK AND FILE" snuff porn .
In reply to Fancy that! I never realized… by Giant Meteor
You think Trump didn't approve of Wray as the pick???
Come ON, fella, Trump has surrounded himself with incompetents, banker scum and Deep State assholes... Sessions being the worst... but Cohn, Mnuchin, McMaster and Tillerson are all maggots...
And why is Hillary still unindicted???? Her felonies are major... and PROVEN. Rule of law no more?
In reply to 1000+. Trump can put in his… by MoralsAreEssential
I suggest that Trump had to accept many of these political establishment types and bureaucrat bigwigs to attempt to build some sort of a governing coalition within his own party. I don't know how else he could have determined how serious a mess the federal government was. He had a lot of chapped asses to deal with. His own party had considerable doubt that he would even win! His campaign statements and positions suggested that he was an iconoclast. He voiced considerable opposition to neocon/lib interventionism. His power base was populist/libertarian/tea party/rank & file blue collar, not egghead/fatcat elitist/MIC.
So fast forward over a year. Never have I witnessed (and I'm no spring chicken!) any other president (including the Gipper) having to overcome so much oppositional drag during the "honeymoon" year! Yet, despite all the bullshit, he has out maneuvered, teflon Don-ed and provided sufficient rope to cause many of these assclowns to out themselves as corrupt, cripplingly biased and obstructionist from the gitgo. They are gradually purging themselves from government! He has a lot of balls in the air and plenty of loose cannons, but I think he is winning and will gradually cobble an successful agenda together. How closely it will resemble the national vision of his campaign rhetoric (which is why he was elected) and get him a second term is another matter. He has to put all the drag behind him, start whacking on the corrupt Clinton/Obama/DNC/pervs/globalists, and restore national prosperity, establish an orderly immigration policy, bring about world peace and a few other minor details and odd and ends.
In reply to You think Trump didn't… by loveyajimbo
That might take a couple of weeks or so...
In reply to I suggest that Trump had to… by Ckierst1
Pagination