http://hotair.com/archives/2015/12/05/obama-okay-maybe-the-san-bernardino-shooting-was-terrorism/Obama: Okay, maybe the San Bernardino shooting was terrorism
posted at 8:31 am on December 5, 2015 by Ed Morrissey
Yesterday, the FBI publicly announced that their investigation into the mass shooting in San Bernardino had become a terrorism probe. After discovering a Facebook posting by Tashfeen Malik pledging allegiance to ISIS, the FBI took over the investigation. During the presser, the FBI also said that they had some evidence that Malik and Syed Farook had been in contact with “foreign terrorist organizations” as well:
The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of 14 people in California by a married couple as an “act of terrorism,” officials said on Friday, noting the wife was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant group Islamic State.
While the FBI said it lacked evidence the couple belonged to a larger organization of extremists, the Los Angeles Times cited a federal law enforcement source in reporting that the husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, had contact with at least two militant groups overseas, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria.
While the FBI made it clear that the mass shooting was an act of terrorism, that clarity didn’t make it all the way up the chain of command. Barack Obama still hedges his bets in today’s weekly radio address, only allowing for the possibility that this might be terrorism. As the New York Times reports, Obama still only has one prescription no matter the ailment — more gun laws and bans:
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