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A Mass Shooting in San Bernardino: Was It Terrorism?
The latest toll from yesterday's mass shooting in San Bernardino: 14 dead and 21 wounded.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenA professional health inspector and his wife dropped their baby off at her grandmother's house yesterday in San Bernardino. Then, they murdered 14 of his colleagues and injured 21 others at a holiday party before they were killed in a shootout with the police. We update the story and look at ISIS' attempts to recruit in the United States.
Photo: Farhan Khan (C), brother-in-law of San Bernardino, shooting suspect Syed Farook, speaks at the Council on American-Islamic Relations during a news conference in Anaheim, California December 2, 2015. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
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2 storiesA Mass Shooting in San Bernardino: Was It Terrorism?
The motive is still unclear, but there's no doubt there was prior planning. The FBI is leading a massive investigation. Terrorism is not being ruled out.
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The FBI and other agencies are monitoring hundreds of Americans suspected of sympathizing with the Islamic State. Fifty-six have been arrested this year alone for sympathizing with ISIS or trying to join. At what point does a threatening tweet become a “clear and present danger” of possible terrorism to come?
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