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John Brennan told the Senate intelligence committee Thursday that CIA has no evidence of a connection between Omar Mateen and the Islamic State.
The Central Intelligence Agency chief has not been “able to uncover any link” between Orlando killer Omar Mateen and the Islamic State, despite Mateen’s stated allegiance to the jihadist group during Sunday’s LGBT nightclub massacre.
Reinforcing four days of internal government assessments across multiple agencies and a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry, the CIA director, John Brennan, contrasted “lone wolf” killers in Orlando and San Bernardino last December with recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, which he told the Senate intelligence committee were “directed” by Isis leadership in Syria and Iraq.
Brennan described a spread-bet strategy by Isis as it loses territory in Iraq and Syria. The group’s “terrorist capacity or global reach” remain undiminished by US-led advances on Isis-held cities like Manbij and Fallujah, the latest developments in a war nearing its third year, and Brennan said the US should expect Isis to launch accelerating terrorist attacks worldwide, a reversion to its pre-2014 status quo.
“As the pressure mounts on Isil, we judge that it will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda,” Brennan said, using the administration’s preferred acronym for Isis.
But Brennan indicated that the shape of those attacks will vary. Isis is consolidating and “interconnecting” its foreign branches, he said, particularly its “most dangerous” branch in Libya, and also placing operatives in western countries, chiefly in Europe. It will also “inspire attacks by sympathizers with no ties to the group”, which Brennan said taxes security agencies’ ability to notice ahead of an attack.
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The CIA told Senate Intelligence that the agency saw no connection between the shooter and ISIS. I know that must be hard to deal with, but those are the facts reported today.Walk what back,that he was influenced by their propaganda ,who knows who he had been in contact with.
There is nothing to walk back .
The CIA told Senate Intelligence that the agency saw no connection between the shooter and ISIS. I know that must be hard to deal with, but those are the facts reported today.Walk what back,that he was influenced by their propaganda ,who knows who he had been in contact with.
There is nothing to walk back .
He may not have a definitive connection to them, but there is a lot of evidence to suggest he was influenced by their propaganda
We have an epic tragedy and the shooter took time on facebook to explain that he was a jihadist terrorist ....and the left spends time fantasizing about republicans with "egg on their faces". What a pathetic bunch.
Nothing is going to change,you will still post nonsense.We have an epic tragedy and the shooter took time on facebook to explain that he was a jihadist terrorist ....and the left spends time fantasizing about republicans with "egg on their faces". What a pathetic bunch.
I know egg is hard to get off when it dries. That's the story as reported by the Republican head of the CIA. When it changes, I'm sure you will be the first to let me know.
We have an epic tragedy and the shooter took time on facebook to explain that he was a jihadist terrorist ....and the left spends time fantasizing about republicans with "egg on their faces". What a pathetic bunch.
I know egg is hard to get off when it dries. That's the story as reported by the Republican head of the CIA. When it changes, I'm sure you will be the first to let me know.
It appears right wingers foaming over a non-existent ISIS connection are going to have to walk back their screeching. Maybe they can take a lesson from John McCain, but then, it didn't do him any good either.
John Brennan told the Senate intelligence committee Thursday that CIA has no evidence of a connection between Omar Mateen and the Islamic State.
The Central Intelligence Agency chief has not been “able to uncover any link” between Orlando killer Omar Mateen and the Islamic State, despite Mateen’s stated allegiance to the jihadist group during Sunday’s LGBT nightclub massacre.
Reinforcing four days of internal government assessments across multiple agencies and a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry, the CIA director, John Brennan, contrasted “lone wolf” killers in Orlando and San Bernardino last December with recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, which he told the Senate intelligence committee were “directed” by Isis leadership in Syria and Iraq.
Brennan described a spread-bet strategy by Isis as it loses territory in Iraq and Syria. The group’s “terrorist capacity or global reach” remain undiminished by US-led advances on Isis-held cities like Manbij and Fallujah, the latest developments in a war nearing its third year, and Brennan said the US should expect Isis to launch accelerating terrorist attacks worldwide, a reversion to its pre-2014 status quo.
“As the pressure mounts on Isil, we judge that it will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda,” Brennan said, using the administration’s preferred acronym for Isis.
But Brennan indicated that the shape of those attacks will vary. Isis is consolidating and “interconnecting” its foreign branches, he said, particularly its “most dangerous” branch in Libya, and also placing operatives in western countries, chiefly in Europe. It will also “inspire attacks by sympathizers with no ties to the group”, which Brennan said taxes security agencies’ ability to notice ahead of an attack.
More: CIA has not found any link between Orlando killer and Isis, says agency chief
Why would that be hard to deal with? Even during the massacre he was on Facebook posting shit about ISIS. So, if he was in contact with ISIS or not recently it does not make his Islamic Terror action less horrifying to the victims. He visited the Middle East twice...The CIA told Senate Intelligence that the agency saw no connection between the shooter and ISIS. I know that must be hard to deal with, but those are the facts reported today.Walk what back,that he was influenced by their propaganda ,who knows who he had been in contact with.
There is nothing to walk back .
Nothing is going to change,you will still post nonsense.We have an epic tragedy and the shooter took time on facebook to explain that he was a jihadist terrorist ....and the left spends time fantasizing about republicans with "egg on their faces". What a pathetic bunch.
I know egg is hard to get off when it dries. That's the story as reported by the Republican head of the CIA. When it changes, I'm sure you will be the first to let me know.
It's the simpletons left/ right game,somebody perceived to be a rightie adds to the thread therfore,must oppose the righties post no matter what.
You are trolling. There was no substance to your posts beside trying to antagonize people with the "egg on their faces" and shit like that provoking anger and you fared quite miserably with it. Thanks for playing.We have an epic tragedy and the shooter took time on facebook to explain that he was a jihadist terrorist ....and the left spends time fantasizing about republicans with "egg on their faces". What a pathetic bunch.
I know egg is hard to get off when it dries. That's the story as reported by the Republican head of the CIA. When it changes, I'm sure you will be the first to let me know.
He may not have a definitive connection to them, but there is a lot of evidence to suggest he was influenced by their propaganda
Yeah...he was just a nice boy who did not like gays.It appears right wingers foaming over a non-existent ISIS connection are going to have to walk back their screeching. Maybe they can take a lesson from John McCain, but then, it didn't do him any good either.
John Brennan told the Senate intelligence committee Thursday that CIA has no evidence of a connection between Omar Mateen and the Islamic State.
The Central Intelligence Agency chief has not been “able to uncover any link” between Orlando killer Omar Mateen and the Islamic State, despite Mateen’s stated allegiance to the jihadist group during Sunday’s LGBT nightclub massacre.
Reinforcing four days of internal government assessments across multiple agencies and a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry, the CIA director, John Brennan, contrasted “lone wolf” killers in Orlando and San Bernardino last December with recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, which he told the Senate intelligence committee were “directed” by Isis leadership in Syria and Iraq.
Brennan described a spread-bet strategy by Isis as it loses territory in Iraq and Syria. The group’s “terrorist capacity or global reach” remain undiminished by US-led advances on Isis-held cities like Manbij and Fallujah, the latest developments in a war nearing its third year, and Brennan said the US should expect Isis to launch accelerating terrorist attacks worldwide, a reversion to its pre-2014 status quo.
“As the pressure mounts on Isil, we judge that it will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda,” Brennan said, using the administration’s preferred acronym for Isis.
But Brennan indicated that the shape of those attacks will vary. Isis is consolidating and “interconnecting” its foreign branches, he said, particularly its “most dangerous” branch in Libya, and also placing operatives in western countries, chiefly in Europe. It will also “inspire attacks by sympathizers with no ties to the group”, which Brennan said taxes security agencies’ ability to notice ahead of an attack.
More: CIA has not found any link between Orlando killer and Isis, says agency chief
You are trolling. There was no substance to your posts beside trying to antagonize people with the "egg on their faces" and shit like that provoking anger and you fared quite miserably with it. Thanks for playing.We have an epic tragedy and the shooter took time on facebook to explain that he was a jihadist terrorist ....and the left spends time fantasizing about republicans with "egg on their faces". What a pathetic bunch.
I know egg is hard to get off when it dries. That's the story as reported by the Republican head of the CIA. When it changes, I'm sure you will be the first to let me know.
