Cybersecurity
Orlando Massacre Shows Cracks in U.S. Bid to Stop Terrorism
- FBI had twice interviewed alleged killer for terror links
- Agency’s chief has warned often about ‘lone-wolf’ terrorists
Orlando Shooting Puts FBI in Terror Spotlight
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The FBI let the Orlando mass-shooting suspect slip through its grasp despite interviewing him twice since 2013 due to a lack of evidence to hold him, a troubling fact that will pressure officials struggling to detect lone terrorists without eroding basic civil liberties.
The FBI is investigating Sunday’s killing spree at a gay dance club in Orlando, Florida, as an act of terrorism after 29-year-old shooting suspect Omar Mateen killed 49 people using an assault weapon and a handgun. Mateen, who called 9-1-1 as he began the assault to claim allegiance to Islamic State, was killed in a shootout with police.