FBI: Jihadi at Texas ‘Draw Mohammed’ contest messaged foreign Muslim fighters

12

In my Breitbart article yesterday, I outlined the striking similarities between the Garland and San Bernardino jihadi attacks.

Geller: San Bernardino was Garland Without Guns — read it.

Here’s more —

Story continues below advertisement

garland free speech event

“Shooter at Texas ‘Draw Mohammed’ contest messaged foreign militants: FBI,” OANN,  By Julie Harte, December 9, 2015 (thanks to Todd):
Police work inside a cordoned off area at the Autumn Ridge apartment complex which had been searched by investigators in Phoenix, Arizona May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec

Police work inside a cordoned off area at the Autumn Ridge apartment complex which had been searched by investigators in Phoenix, Arizona May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec
Police work inside a cordoned off area at the Autumn Ridge apartment complex which had been searched by investigators in Phoenix, Arizona May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the shooters in a May attack on a “Draw Mohammed” cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, exchanged 109 encrypted electronic messages with suspected militants overseas on the morning of the attack, the head of the FBI said on Wednesday.

As law enforcement officials pressure Silicon Valley for more cooperation in fighting violent extremists, Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey said it is a “big problem” that the FBI cannot see the content of such messages.

[the_ad id=”72852″]

“The reason we have cases in all 50 states is a very real concern that people are radicalizing in a way that’s hard to see,” Comey testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Before last week’s shootings that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, the Garland attack was the only apparent Islamic State-inspired shooting in the United States.

Say what? Who does the FBI think the Garland jihadis were talking to? Andy Hardy? It’s all Islamic State. They are inspired by Islam.

There is some indication that the San Bernardino shooters were “at least in part” inspired by the Islamic State, Comey told the committee.

Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi opened fire with assault rifles on May 3 outside the “Draw Mohammed” event organized by an anti-Islamic group at a civic center near Dallas.

Both Simpson and Soofi were quickly shot dead by police. One police officer was injured. There were no injuries among the approximately 150 people attending the event.

Afterward, the Islamic State claimed that it was behind the failed attack. The militant group based in Syria and Iraq said on its official online radio station that “two soldiers of the caliphate” carried out the attack.

The Islamic State claimed credit for Garland too.

In the wake of subsequent attacks in Paris and California, the Obama administration has increased pressure on companies to let law enforcement authorities have “backdoor keys” to encryption systems often used in electronic messaging.

The companies have resisted this pressure, saying that opening their systems to the government would weaken them and expose users to abuses by hackers.

Comey did not identify which of the two Garland shooters exchanged the messages.

The FBI chief updated the committee on recent conversations he has held with tech companies, saying they agree with the FBI that there is a “collision” between privacy and security concerns when it comes to encrypted information.

[the_ad id=”73494″]

The Truth Must be Told

Your contribution supports independent journalism

Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.

Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.

Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.

Please contribute here.

or

Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.

Quick note: We cannot do this without your support. Fact. Our work is made possible by you and only you. We receive no grants, government handouts, or major funding. Tech giants are shutting us down. You know this. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Adsense, Pinterest permanently banned us. Facebook, Google search et al have shadow-banned, suspended and deleted us from your news feeds. They are disappearing us. But we are here.

Subscribe to Geller Report newsletter here— it’s free and it’s essential NOW when informed decision making and opinion is essential to America's survival. Share our posts on your social channels and with your email contacts. Fight the great fight.

Follow Pamela Geller on Gettr. I am there. click here.

Follow Pamela Geller on
Trump's social media platform, Truth Social. It's open and free.

Remember, YOU make the work possible. If you can, please contribute to Geller Report.

Join The Conversation. Leave a Comment.

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spammy or unhelpful, click the - symbol under the comment to let us know. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.

If you would like to join the conversation, but don't have an account, you can sign up for one right here.

If you are having problems leaving a comment, it's likely because you are using an ad blocker, something that break ads, of course, but also breaks the comments section of our site. If you are using an ad blocker, and would like to share your thoughts, please disable your ad blocker. We look forward to seeing your comments below.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
12 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
livingengine
livingengine
8 years ago
Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
8 years ago

If the assorted intelligence, or more increasingly apparent “lack of intelligence” organizations cannot figure out what is going on, activate “plan B”. React quickly, forcefully and decisively when any attack is initiated. All citizen with the equipment and resolve to use it should have permission to settle violent attacks where and when they happen. If the authorities cannot or will not protect society, society will have to protect itself.

livingengine
livingengine
8 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Part of the way to enable society against the jihad is to promote free speech. That includes drawing cartoons. The bad Muslims can not tolerate this, and will overstep. Let the people expose CAIR, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Unleash the Counter Jihad Movement!

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
8 years ago
Reply to  livingengine

It is starting, hussain the dhimmi is drawing excessive attention to islam by allowing it special treatment and oppressing other religions of lack thereof. The momentum is building, this could get ugly if a trigger point is reached.

cdnmohamhater
cdnmohamhater
8 years ago

hey FBI…better late than never eh? such massive intel failures are entirely due to the scrubbing of all islamic knowledge from your training manuals and common practices. bozo the clown is running the show now folks.

Darrell Standing
Darrell Standing
8 years ago

comment image

I think this covers most of what offends Mudslimes … easier to just type the word EVERYTHING !!! ?

Darrell Standing
Darrell Standing
8 years ago

comment image

Hey proglodytes … here’s a lesson for you … we’re not Islamaphobic … we’re Islamarealists ,,, got it !!! ?

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
8 years ago

I think Obama’s picture would have been more appropriate.

larry strick
larry strick
8 years ago

Is that the Ugly Sweater contest?….Right Guard better get to work.

steve
steve
8 years ago

Shut down islam in the US. Period end of Islamic problem. Very simple. Get rid of everything islamic. Think outside the box instead of trying to figure out who’s a terrorist.
No muslims, no koran and no mosques. Everybody is trying to figure out how to control the problem. Oh but we couldn’t do that. We need a hard line stance on islam.

CyBu
CyBu
8 years ago
Reply to  steve

Public Law 414, Chapter 2 Section 212
“Islam, by law, is prohibited fr US immigration”
http://www.usacarry.com/forums/off-topic/53275-islam-law-prohibited-us-immigration.html

mjazzguitar
mjazzguitar
8 years ago

Recently some people put up a Nativity scene in their yard depicting everyone as zombies.
Why don’t they need armed guards?

Sponsored
Geller Report
Thanks for sharing!