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I feel like if someone made a bunch of threats on Twitter and then followed through with them people would be completely outraged why the FBI didn’t stop them.

I feel like if someone made a bunch of threats on Twitter and then followed through with them people would be completely outraged why the FBI didn’t stop them. Anyway it’s interesting we are having this debate TODAY when after 9/11 and a decade later the adroit use of social media by ISIL the alphabet agencies were crawling all over the internet. Pandora’s box was opened years ago.

mushbino 4y ago
If you look at most mass shootings you'll find articles saying the suspect was "known to the FBI." For some reason they rarely stop them ahead of time. The Whitmer kidnapping is a recent example. Well, I guess they started AND stopped it in that case.
- XorNot 4y ago
  That's because most mass shootings have no crime committed until the suspect opens fire.
  - mushbino 4y ago
    I'm pretty sure it's illegal to plan a murder. Also, in many of the FBI cases there are undercover agents imbedded with the group. The Whitmer case being a recent example and they were all arrested before any shots were fired. https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-grand-rapids-adam-fox-a7dd7bc1a4e5917c3e2c78f599ebc17f https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-michiga...
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landemva 4y ago
> people would be completely outraged why the FBI didn’t stop them. I doubt people would make FBI change for the better. Suspicions of people paying cash at flight schools and not seeming to want an airline career was reported to FBI several times before 9/11. FBI filed it. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-was-warned-about-flight-schools https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-was-warned-about-flight-sch...