The FBI canāt seem to recognize a threat even when they self-identify, let alone the four mass shootings they allowed by ignoring tips it was going to happen.
After Tnuza Jamal Hassan was stopped from flying to Afghanistan last September, she allegedly told FBI agents that she wanted to join al-Qaida and marry a fighter, and that she might even wear a suicide belt.
She also said she was angry at U.S. military actions overseas and admitted that she tried to encourage others to ājoin the jihad in fighting,ā but she said she had no intention of carrying out an attack on U.S. soil, according to prosecutors. Despite her alleged admissions, she was allowed to go free.
Four months later, the 19-year-old was arrested for allegedly setting small fires on her former college campus in St. Paul in what prosecutors say was a self-proclaimed act of jihad. No one was hurt by the Jan. 17 fires at St. Catherine University, but her case raises questions about why she wasnāt arrested after speaking to the agents months earlier and shows the difficulty the authorities face in identifying real threats.
āShe confessed to wanting to join al-Qaida and took action to do it by traveling overseas. Unless there are other circumstances that Iām not aware of, I would have expected that she wouldāve been arrested,ā said Jeffrey Ringel, a former FBI agent and Joint Terrorism Task Force supervisor who now works for a private security firm, the Soufan Group, and isnāt involved in Hassanās case. āI think she wouldāve met the elements of a crime.ā
Authorities arenāt talking about the case and itās not clear how closely Hassan was monitored before the fires, if at all. When asked if law enforcement should have intervened earlier, FBI spokesman Jeff Van Nest and U.S. Attorneyās Office spokeswoman Tasha Zerna both said they couldnāt discuss the case.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...or-case-shows-challenge-of-predicting-attacks
After Tnuza Jamal Hassan was stopped from flying to Afghanistan last September, she allegedly told FBI agents that she wanted to join al-Qaida and marry a fighter, and that she might even wear a suicide belt.
She also said she was angry at U.S. military actions overseas and admitted that she tried to encourage others to ājoin the jihad in fighting,ā but she said she had no intention of carrying out an attack on U.S. soil, according to prosecutors. Despite her alleged admissions, she was allowed to go free.
Four months later, the 19-year-old was arrested for allegedly setting small fires on her former college campus in St. Paul in what prosecutors say was a self-proclaimed act of jihad. No one was hurt by the Jan. 17 fires at St. Catherine University, but her case raises questions about why she wasnāt arrested after speaking to the agents months earlier and shows the difficulty the authorities face in identifying real threats.
āShe confessed to wanting to join al-Qaida and took action to do it by traveling overseas. Unless there are other circumstances that Iām not aware of, I would have expected that she wouldāve been arrested,ā said Jeffrey Ringel, a former FBI agent and Joint Terrorism Task Force supervisor who now works for a private security firm, the Soufan Group, and isnāt involved in Hassanās case. āI think she wouldāve met the elements of a crime.ā
Authorities arenāt talking about the case and itās not clear how closely Hassan was monitored before the fires, if at all. When asked if law enforcement should have intervened earlier, FBI spokesman Jeff Van Nest and U.S. Attorneyās Office spokeswoman Tasha Zerna both said they couldnāt discuss the case.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...or-case-shows-challenge-of-predicting-attacks
