Security guard injured in Garland terror attack tormented by belief that FBI knew of ISIS plot

SECURITY GUARD INJURED IN GARLAND TERROR ATTACK TORMENTED BY BELIEF THAT FBI KNEW OF ISIS PLOT

dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2017/05/26/victim-garland-terror-attack-tormented-belief-fbi-knew-isis-plot

>The Garland cop and the school security guard stood beside each other in the shade through most of the day, trading stories about chasing bad guys and raising kids.

>Just before 6:50 p.m., a voice crackled over the radio saying the event they were guarding was over. It had been controversial and dangerous — a cartoon contest sponsored by anti-Muslim activists to see who could make the most outrageous drawings of the prophet Muhammad.

>"Looks like we might get out a little early," said the unarmed security guard, a Sunnyvale man named Bruce Joiner.

>Joiner had no idea that, at the same moment, court records show, an undercover FBI agent investigating terrorism was sitting in a nearby car, snapping a cellphone photo of him and Garland police Officer Greg Stevens.

>Seconds later, a black sedan pulled up. Two men with assault rifles jumped out and began shooting. Joiner was struck in the left calf as he ran behind a tree. His wounds marked him as the first ISIS victim on U.S. soil.

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imdb.com/title/tt0495103/
latimes.com/nation/la-na-garland-gun-20150801-story.html
nation.foxnews.com/2016/06/30/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix
judicialwatch.org/blog/2016/06/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix/
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pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gunrunners-mexico/updates/2011/02/more-wasrs-recovered-in-latest-arizona-bust.html
sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-paris-guns-delray-link-20151211-story.html
wfaa.com/news/local/investigates/garland-suspect-had-history-with-fbi-counterterror-unit/148894071
azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/07/13/global-terror-hunt-hits-phoenix/29970379/
news.vice.com/article/bye-bye-america-the-fbis-secretly-taped-conversations-of-a-texas-gunman
wsj.com/articles/mother-of-texas-gunman-sought-to-keep-son-from-extremism-1430951298
azfamily.com/story/29342754/fbi-man-tied-to-texas-shooting-wanted-to-attack-super-bowl
12news.com/news/local/valley/fbi-garland-conspirator-considered-super-bowl-attack/184235305
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/07/isis-attacks-us/70945534/
nytimes.com/2015/05/08/us/fbi-says-it-warned-of-gunman-in-garland-texas-attack.html
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>Stevens returned fire with his service pistol, striking the shooters, Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, who both died on the scene.

>Stevens became a hero for his actions that day but has said little to nothing publicly about what he did.

>Joiner, meanwhile, feels compelled to speak out, traumatized by how close he came to dying.

>His torment is exacerbated, he said in a recent interview, by unanswered questions about what truly happened the night of May 3, 2015, at the Curtis Culwell Center. He wonders whether the FBI could have prevented the shooting. He wonders if agents knew he was about to be attacked. He wonders if his own government knowingly let him — and the dozens of other officers and event attendees — be placed in danger.

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>Since August, court records have revealed that the undercover FBI agent was at the scene in close proximity to the shooters. Looking at the evidence, Joiner believes the FBI had some prior knowledge of the plot. That bothers Joiner deeply.

>"It's been pretty aggravating to know that there's more to the story," Joiner, 60, said this week. "There was no provision to get unarmed civilians like myself out of harm's way if there was going to be this conflict. So that's very disturbing. That's not the kind of thing we do in the United States with our citizens."

>The FBI agent's presence that day was known to Joiner shortly after the shooting. As Simpson and Soofi stepped from their car, the agent, in a car just behind them, drove around them and sped away, the court records show. But he was quickly stopped and detained by Garland police, who apparently didn't know he was a federal agent.

>Garland police won't say if they knew anything before the attack. Joiner has requested records about the incident from the Garland Police Department, but the department has denied his request, citing an "ongoing criminal investigation," despite the fact that the two gunmen are dead and a third suspect has been convicted in Phoenix and sentenced to 30 years.

>"The case is closed — why is the city of Garland hiding this?" asked Trenton Roberts, Joiner's son-in-law and attorney. "The fact that at the end of the day, you can't get any information out of them does seem a bit like a slap in the face."

>In light of the news that an undercover FBI agent was on the scene the day of the attack, several members of Congress are demanding answers from the FBI about its handling of the case. They include Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.

>If the attack had turned into a massacre, the FBI's handling of the case would be a far bigger scandal, Joiner believes. As it turned out, the terrorists were amateurs, and Stevens was a cool-headed cop and an amazing shot, Joiner said.

>But it could have gone much different. The suspects wore body armor. They had six guns and hundreds of rounds. They also carried a photocopied black ISIS flag.

>This week's deadly ISIS attack at a concert in Manchester, England, makes it all too clear that authorities need to prioritize counterterrorism efforts, Joiner said. But the FBI also needs to own up to what he believes was a botched undercover operation in Garland that gambled with public safety.

>"I want to stop the practice," Joiner said. "If this is the FBI strategy, it's a bad strategy."

>In the days after the shooting, the FBI acknowledged that investigators had learned that one of the suspects — Simpson, 30 — might go to the event. Simpson had driven to Garland with the other gunman, Soofi, 34, from their homes in Phoenix. The FBI had investigated Simpson from 2006 to 2014.

>Then-FBI Director James Comey said the FBI sent a bulletin to Garland police three hours before the attack warning them that Simpson might show up. But Comey also said he didn't believe Garland police at the scene were aware of the bulletin. Garland police confirmed at the time that officers on the ground didn't know about the warning.

>Garland police referred all questions this week to the FBI. The FBI declined to answer questions regarding whether it sufficiently warned Garland police in advance, and instead issued a one-sentence statement.

>"There was no advance knowledge of a plot to attack the cartoon drawing contest in Garland, Texas," said Lauren Hagee, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Dallas office.

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Bump for badass LEO preventing false flag operation

>FBI records show that an undercover agent posing as an Islamic extremist communicated with Simpson about the cartoon contest 10 days before earlier.

>Last August, FBI Agent Shawn Scott Hare filed a public affidavit in Cleveland in the case of Erick Jamal Hendricks, who was accused of conspiring to help ISIS by recruiting domestic terrorists in the U.S. To build the case, the affidavit detailed Hendricks' connections to Simpson. Hendricks has pleaded not guilty.

>The affidavit revealed excerpts of conversations the undercover FBI agent had with Simpson and Hendricks on social media. On April 24, 2015, Simpson alluded to targeting the cartoon contest to the agent. The day before, Simpson had tweeted a link to a story about the contest.

>"Did u see that link I posted? About texas?" Simpson asked the agent.

>"Tear up Texas," the undercover agent replied.

>"Bro, u don't have to say that... U know what happened in Paris," Simpson said, apparently referring to the ISIS-inspired attack that January on the Charlie Hebdo magazine that had published cartoons of Muhammad. "So that goes without saying...No need to be direct."

>On May 1, two days before the Garland attack, the agent exchanged messages with Hendricks about the cartoon contest. Hendricks suggested the agent could "link with" Simpson. "That's your call," Hendricks wrote, according to the affidavit.

>On May 2, Hendricks told an FBI informant at a meeting in the Baltimore area that ISIS wanted to target the cartoon contest in Garland. The FBI informant met with agents "immediately after" the meeting, the affidavit said.

>Also that day, the undercover FBI agent and Hendricks exchanged messages about Garland. Typing in code language, Hendricks suggested the agent organize with Simpson and launch a "good solid protest," adding, "At least be heard."

>On May 3, the day of the attack, the undercover agent traveled to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland and messaged Hendricks, saying he was nearby. Hendricks asked a series of questions about the security and media presence, and urged the agent to target the organizer of the event, Pamela Geller.

>"If you see that pig make your 'voice' heard against her," Hendricks wrote. He also asked the agent if he was armed, and the agent replied that he had "tools of the trade" and "not a small hand tool."

>"Lol," Hendricks replied. "The ppl doing the drawing and hosting and observing are the ones needed to protest against." He seemed to suggest the agent target Geller after the event ended as she held a news conference.

>"They will be outside yapping their mouths and thanking the pigs," Hendricks wrote.

>The shooting has changed Joiner. He has trouble sleeping. He cries more often now, sometimes out of the blue while watching TV. His emotions seem more intense.

>He doesn't think he has post-traumatic stress disorder because he can't replay the shooting in his mind. He doesn't remember all of the shooting — his mind didn't record memories during the minute or so when he was trying to survive.

>But he can vividly see in his mind Simpson's eerie, evil grin and eye contact with him just before the bullets flew. "It was like the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland," Joiner said. "He was like, 'I got ya.'"

>What upsets Joiner most is thinking about what could have happened had Stevens — "forever my hero" — not been as good a shot, or if the terrorists would've been more strategic.

>"I could have died," Joiner said. "I could have missed walking my daughter down the aisle. I could have not been there. It's just — wow."

Last post then I'm done. This is an illustration of the attack. Article is behind a paywall so that's why I did all this effort posting.

this is crazy, thanks based user

>If the attack had turned into a massacre, the FBI's handling of the case would be a far bigger scandal

No. The real scandal is that hate speech went unpunished.

muslims need die

youtube.com/watch?v=u-TjLV2d26k

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What does Jim Lee drawing Wolverine have to do with a terrorism thread?

Good read thanks user

a nigger FBI officer wants to kill whitey, what else is new

Niggers have been running rampant for decades

I know why he's really shook up. It's not because he realized that the attack he was involved in, was organized by the FBI. That much is obvious. It's because now he's wondering how many other terror attacks are the work of his government.

I found the gay one

This isn't how I would want to live my last years sheesh

The man just wasn't ready for that pill

Pic related: photo of terror suspect still at large

Bumping Iron

Left: casualties from attempted mass terrorist shooting in a country with the First Amendment

Right: casualties from attempted mass terrorist shooting in a country without the First Amendment

Second amendment Nigel.

Nice cherrypicking, bucko.
What about Orlando?

Opps you're right, I mean Second Amendment. But either way, there's no right to arms OR free speech in Europe and both result in unremoved kebab

>defending being a cuck until his dying breath

Weren't guns not allowed in the club?

Why did you copy and paste the entire fucking article you retarded faggot? Just give us a gist of what happened, I don't need to read a 4 page news story.

Bars and clubs are gunfree zones. Checkmate commie

most gay people dont carry weapons, faggot

pic related

read the thread you retarded mong

Here you go ADHDfag:

What a pussy wah wah somebody shot me wah

>be school crossing guard
>get shot by kebab
>become first victim of domestic ISIS
>discover your own government knew you were about to get shot and was even taking photos like it was a sporting event
>shitposter on jap cartoon board calls you a crybaby

proof that all "radical islamic terrorist" attacks are false-flag ops carried out by amerifat government. "muh muslim ban" drumpfkins BTFO'd. #refugeeswelcome

>That's not the kind of thing we do in the United States with our citizens.
hmmm... Is this what cognitive dissonance looks like?

Yes, that is about as clear cut a definition as you can find for it.

He literally found himself in that exact situation that is so incomprehensibly grim that he can't even entertain the notion that while the FBI went fishing for budget dollars that can go on the books, he was the fuckin' worm.

thanks, user.

here's a higher quality screengrab of that for you

>nailbombers and fbi do not work together

kys

speaking of quality, pic related is what the FBI gave the court that ordered them to turn over the photo

And the funniest part is how it still manages to be a higher quality picture despite being run through 3 filters and a compression.

they sure like their xeroxing.

cbsnews.com/news/special-counsels-office-coordinating-with-comey-team-on-scope-of-congressional-testimony/

By the way anons, The Weasel will be testifying before the Senate Intelligence committee next week about "muh Russia". We should swamp the cuckservative senators with emails and calls demanding that they ask about this attack while they are at it

This. Do it amerifats

Jesus and Kek agree that refugee-welcoming Ausfag shitposters should kill themselves

If Jesus and Kek blessing the 700 Club isn't a meme yet, it should be

A ton of shitty, low-energy threads being bumped to the top right now. Why do I get the feeling that Comey is on Sup Forums in the middle of the night, bottle of cheap Russian vodka in hand, making sure this thread stays slid?

Hey Comey, I've looked over this thread and it's all a big nothingburger...that looooong Dallas Morning News article sure made me sleepy. I'm feeling very tired. You're probably just tired too. We should both go lay down and sleep. We need the rest. We have time to sleep.

I read it. Thanks user. More fbi dirty laundry.

Fuck Comey.
Bump.

Thank you

This story is why (((they))) shut Sup Forums down today.

Bump.

>tfw your captcha plot to keep this thread slid doesn't work

Anons, this is a CONFIRMED false flag. Smoking gun. It's actually being (reluctantly) reported by the media. READ THIS THREAD, KEEP IT BUMPED, AND KEEP DIGGING.

Here are the members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. If you live in one of their states (or hell, even if you don't), call/email and start hounding them to ask Comey about Garland at the hearing next week.

Republicans:

Richard Burr, North Carolina, Chairman
Jim Risch, Idaho
Marco Rubio, Florida
Susan Collins, Maine
Roy Blunt, Missouri
James Lankford, Oklahoma
Tom Cotton, Arkansas
John Cornyn, Texas
John McCain, Arizona
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

Democrats:

Mark Warner, Virginia, Vice Chairman
Dianne Feinstein, California, Former Chairman
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Martin Heinrich, New Mexico
Angus King, Maine
Joe Manchin, West Virginia
Kamala Harris, California
Jack Reed, Rhode Island
Chuck Schumer, New York

Where is the image from?

This is /vipol, you're expected to read and understand what's going on. New forum, new rules.

>>"Tear up Texas," the undercover agent replied.

it's from a 2006 documentary called The Empire In Africa about the civil war in Sierra Leone. I haven't seen it but it looks like a good watch.

imdb.com/title/tt0495103/
Got it, thanks.

>>In the days after the shooting, the FBI acknowledged that investigators had learned that one of the suspects — Simpson, 30 — might go to the event. Simpson had driven to Garland with the other gunman, Soofi, 34, from their homes in Phoenix. The FBI had investigated Simpson from 2006 to 2014.

>>Then-FBI Director James Comey said the FBI sent a bulletin to Garland police three hours before the attack warning them that Simpson might show up. But Comey also said he didn't believe Garland police at the scene were aware of the bulletin. Garland police confirmed at the time that officers on the ground didn't know about the warning.

Some hair-raising stuff from earlier threads:

The gun shop at the center of Fast & Furious sold guns used in the Texas AND Paris Bataclan attacks.

The gun used in the Texas attack was automatically flagged by the national background check system because the terrorist who tried to buy it had a criminal record, but the FBI, "for reasons that remain unclear," lifted the ban and let the sale go through.

latimes.com/nation/la-na-garland-gun-20150801-story.html

Regarding the Paris gun:
>The Phoenix gun owner that the weapon was traced back to was found to have at least two federal firearms violations—for selling one weapon illegally and possessing an unregistered automatic—but no enforcement or prosecutorial action was taken against the individual. Instead, ATF leaders went out of their way to keep the information under the radar and ensure that the gun owner’s identity was “kept quiet,” according to law enforcement sources involved with the case. “Agents were told, in the process of taking the fully auto, not to anger the seller to prevent him from going public,” a veteran law enforcement official said.

nation.foxnews.com/2016/06/30/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix

judicialwatch.org/blog/2016/06/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix/

Interpol also traced a different Bataclan attack gun back to a arms dealer in Florida that had links to Iran-Contra and Fast & Furious. The Justice Department later claimed that it wasn't the same gun, and Interpol clammed up and "deferred" to the US.

Deep state is clearly involved in these attacks.

mypalmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/dealer-gun-linked-paris-attack-came-through-delray-firm/zUfiUht53F8DwfCit1Y90K/
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gunrunners-mexico/updates/2011/02/more-wasrs-recovered-in-latest-arizona-bust.html
sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-paris-guns-delray-link-20151211-story.html

Well done, user.

If they are allowing / causing this to happen on Western soil in an attempt to redpill people on the true nature of Islam, I am in support.

People are fucking fools, and they need reality to be PLAINLY DISPLAYED to have any chance of believing it.

>The gun used in the Texas attack was automatically flagged by the national background check system because the terrorist who tried to buy it had a criminal record, but the FBI, "for reasons that remain unclear," lifted the ban and let the sale go through.

fbi is good ppl 'n shieet
they be like the police force of the federal government keepin the terrorists in check

For those who are interested in helping make sure Comey is questioned about this at the Senate hearing next week, here are the DC office numbers of Senate Intelligence Committee members. The Dems won't be interested in anything besides "muh Russia," so just tell them to ask Comey to confirm that Russia was behind the Garland attack.

GOP:

Richard Burr, North Carolina, Chairman
(202) 224-3154

Jim Risch, Idaho
(202) 224-2752

Marco Rubio, Florida
(202) 224-3041

Susan Collins, Maine
(202) 224-2523

Roy Blunt, Missouri
(202) 224-5721

James Lankford, Oklahoma
(202) 224-5754

Tom Cotton, Arkansas
(202) 224-2353

John Cornyn, Texas
(202) 224-2934

John McCain, Arizona
(202) 224-2235

Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
(202) 224-2541


Dems:

Mark Warner, Virginia, Vice Chairman
(202) 224-2023

Dianne Feinstein, California, Former Chairman
(202) 224-3841

Ron Wyden, Oregon
(202) 224-5244

Martin Heinrich, New Mexico
(202) 224-5521

Angus King, Maine
(202) 224-5344

Joe Manchin, West Virginia
(202) 224-3954

Kamala Harris, California
(202) 224-3553

Jack Reed, Rhode Island
(202) 224-4642

Chuck Schumer, New York
(202) 224-6542

Or, y'know, they're pro-Islam. It's hard to tell if someones just trolling when they blow you up.

>The FBI had investigated Simpson from 2006 to 2014.
I wonder what triggered the initial investigation. I wonder if any of us are under investigation for shitposting and/or having the wrong opinion.

The fbi and atf so far has not arrested the israeli jew that bombed the north carolina GOP headquarters

>Elton Francis Simpson was well known to FBI counterterrorism investigators.

>In 2006, agents opened a criminal investigation of him based on his ties with an individual "whom the FBI believed was attempting to set up a terrorist cell in Arizona," according to court documents.

>Simpson was a member of a mosque in Phoenix in 2006. The FBI recruited someone in the congregation to befriend him, court records show. The informant began cultivating Simpson's friendship and recording conversations with him in 2007. The more information he gave to the FBI, the more he got paid -- $132,000 in all.

wfaa.com/news/local/investigates/garland-suspect-had-history-with-fbi-counterterror-unit/148894071

If your worried about that post more tire necklacing pics

...

Well, this was a good thread while it lasted, but the shills are back.

No the multicultural fbi wanted these muslim niggers to kill white people they just had no idea one of the security guys was a great shooter probally spent so much time at gun ranges.

Thanks OP

gay

of course the feds are scumbag traitors. they love when attacks like that happen because it gives them more opportunities to establish the police state. those scum fucks have murdered civilians before and will continue to do it

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>Since 2005, the FBI had cultivated an undercover source named Dabla Deng, according to court records and testimony. The FBI asked Deng to go to the mosque and befriend Simpson.

>Deng was paid $132,000 over the next few years, playing the role of eager acolyte while Simpson filled the role of teacher.

>The informant turned over 1,500 hours of recorded conversations. A lot of it was banal.

>Of the 1,500 hours, the FBI culled eight minutes as evidence.

>The FBI says Simpson planned to travel from Phoenix to South Africa, to attend a Madrassa to study his religion, and then to Somalia to wage a holy war.

>During these recorded conversations, Simpson told the informant that he had an interest joining Al Shabaab, a designated terrorist organization. Simpson discussed “the permissibility of doing the martyrdom operations” and “how they gonna use the car with bombs on it.”

>In January 2010, FBI agents questioned Simpson. He told agents he as headed there to study Islam. When agents asked if he had discussed traveling to Somalia, Simpson said no.

>Simpson was convicted of making a false statement. He was fined $500, sentenced to three years probation, and made to wear an ankle bracelet.

wfaa.com/news/local/investigates/garland-suspect-had-history-with-fbi-counterterror-unit/148894071

azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/07/13/global-terror-hunt-hits-phoenix/29970379/

news.vice.com/article/bye-bye-america-the-fbis-secretly-taped-conversations-of-a-texas-gunman

>It was like the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland
to describe a nigger in the dark. ahahahaha

This is why all niggers need to be deported back to africa they dont belong working for the fbi

>McConnell, McCain, and Rubio
hoo boy

1,500 hours of recorded conversation = eight minutes of evidence

$132,000 of taxpayer money = $500 fine

Government efficiency at its finest

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>After his arrest, Simpson “had a hard time finding work,” and “would sometimes sleep on the floor of the mosque because he had nowhere to stay.” He also became disillusioned with the ICCP, as “the Muslim community [began] avoiding him like the plague,” and “the mosque declined to raise money for his legal defense.” One new mosque member, however, supported Simpson during his difficulties with the criminal case. His name was Nadir Soofi.

>Soofi gave Simpson a job at a struggling pizzeria that he owned, and also allowed him to move into his apartment. At the time, Soofi, who had a troubled background that included misdemeanor drug and assault charges, “grew noticeably more religious.” Soofi’s mother would later state that Soofi told her about hiring Simpson, and how he felt he had found a kindred spirit who was devoutly Islamic and also trying to “rehabilitate” himself.

>For the next five years, Simpson and Soofi lived together. Another radicalized ICCP member named Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, whom federal attorneys have described as “off-the-charts dangerous,” also moved in with them. The FBI investigated the group of men in 2012 on suspicion of plotting to attack the Super Bowl, during which “investigators found several electronic documents linked to terrorism, including the Al Qaeda magazine ‘Inspire,’ material from the Global Islamic Media Front, and a video on ‘Training That Makes Killing Civilians Acceptable’ that was on a flash drive” belonging to Simpson.

azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/07/13/global-terror-hunt-hits-phoenix/29970379/
wsj.com/articles/mother-of-texas-gunman-sought-to-keep-son-from-extremism-1430951298
azfamily.com/story/29342754/fbi-man-tied-to-texas-shooting-wanted-to-attack-super-bowl
12news.com/news/local/valley/fbi-garland-conspirator-considered-super-bowl-attack/184235305

Holy shit.

Also,

>Lone Wolf Trading Co

Bump

we've got to meme his

the public needs to know

Dallas, the attacker was still alive, but the security guard yelled "don't mess with Texas, boy!" Before exploding his brain cap.

Jesus, not very subtle
Kek

To recap for ADHDfags:

Simpson was a convicted terrorist, who the FBI had intensely tracked for nearly a decade, who wore an ankle bracelet, who lived with other tracked terrorists, who was investigated for multiple known terror plots including an attempt to attack the Super Bowl, and yet...

Comey compared Simpson to a "needle in a haystack"; a needle that was "invisible to us"; just one of the many "Elton Simpsons out there that I have not found and I cannot see."

usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/07/isis-attacks-us/70945534/
nytimes.com/2015/05/08/us/fbi-says-it-warned-of-gunman-in-garland-texas-attack.html