"FBI had known about suspected Texas shooter for years" (Washington Post), but were too shy to develop a somewhat closer relationship...




"FBI had known about suspected Texas shooter for years" (Washington Post), 

but were too shy to develop a somewhat closer relationship...


The FBI was well aware of one of the Texas terror shooting suspects - Business Insider

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The FBI was well aware of one of the Texas terror shooting suspects
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One of the two shooters killed during an attack on a Texas art show and contest featuring depictions of the Prophet Muhammad was reportedly the subject of a previous FBI terror investigation. Elton Simpson and an accomplice stormed a Garland, Texas ...


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One of Texas Gunmen Had Previously Drawn FBI's Attention - Wall Street Journal

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One of Texas Gunmen Had Previously Drawn FBI's Attention
Wall Street Journal

During his conversation, with FBI agents, Mr. Simpson asked about Hassan Abu Jihad, who was convicted in March 2008 in federal district court in Connecticut of providing material support to terrorists. Mr. Abu Jihad was sentenced to 10 years in prison ...
FBI searching Phoenix apartment tied to Texas gunmenazcentral.com

FBI had known about suspected Texas shooter for yearsWashington Post
FBI Knew About Draw Muhammad Gunman Elton SimpsonDaily Beast
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The Latest on prophet cartoon attack: FBI agents search 2nd vehicle at Phoenix ... - Brandon Sun

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The Latest on prophet cartoon attack: FBI agents search 2nd vehicle at Phoenix ...
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FBI agents in Phoenix are now looking at a second vehicle parked at the complex apartment where a unit is being searched as part of the investigation into a shooting outside a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest. Agents had broken into a white minivan and ...

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The Latest on prophet cartoon attack: FBI agents search 2nd vehicle at Phoenix ... - Fox News

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The Latest on prophet cartoon attack: FBI agents search 2nd vehicle at Phoenix ...
Fox News
Police tape surrounds a vehicle searched by authorities, Monday, May 4, 2015, in Phoenix, believed to belong to one of two gunmen who were shot and killed the night before outside a venue hosting an exhibit about the Prophet Muhammad in suburban ...
The Latest on Texas attack: FBI searches 2nd Phoenix vehicleUniontown Herald Standard

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FBI creates new cyber exec role - The Hill

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FBI creates new cyber exec role
The Hill
Joe Demarest, who had been assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division since 2012, will get the title upgrade, becoming the bureau's associate executive assistant director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch (CCRSB).

FBI cyber boss gets bigger portfolioFCW.com
Demarest named to new position at FBI cyber crime branchFederal Times


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FBI searching home of Dallas shooting suspect - The Reporter

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FBI searching home of Dallas shooting suspect
The Reporter
FBI crime scene investigators document the area around two deceased gunmen and their vehicle outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, Monday, May 4, 2015. Police shot and killed the men after they opened fire on a security officer outside ...
The Latest on Texas attack: FBI searches 2nd Phoenix vehicleWBOC TV 16

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Garland Shooting Suspect on FBI's Radar Since 2005 | NBC 5 ...

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One of the gunmen identified as being involved in the shooting at a Prophet Muhammad art contest in Garland Sunday night had been on the FBI's radar since at least 2005.

FBI had known about suspected Texas shooter for years - Washington Post

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FBI had known about suspected Texas shooter for years
Washington Post
The FBI had begun monitoring Simpson again recently. Authorities said Monday that they were still working to determine details about the two men and who may have instigated the plan. The FBI does not believe the shooting was directed by an...
FBI for years had investigated 1 accused gunman in shooting outside...Minneapolis Star Tribune
Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attackWOKV

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Garland suspect had history with FBI counterterror unit - WFAA

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Garland suspect had history with FBI counterterror unit
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DALLAS – Before he apparently died in a shootout with Garland police Sunday, Elton Francis Simpson was well known to FBI counterterrorism investigators. In 2006, agents opened a criminal investigation of him based on his ties with an individual "whom ...

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FBI searches Phoenix home in Texas prophet contest shooting probe - KZTV Action 10 News

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FBI searches Phoenix home in Texas prophet contest shooting probe
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GARLAND, Texas (AP) - One of two gunmen who opened fire with assault rifles at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas has been identified by a law enforcement official as a man who was on the FBI's radar four years ago during a terrorism ...

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FBI Searches Phoenix Home Connected To Garland, Texas Gunman - NPR

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FBI Searches Phoenix Home Connected To Garland, Texas Gunman
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FBI Searches Phoenix Home Connected To Garland, Texas Gunman. May 04, 2015 4:31 PM ET. Wade Goodwyn. Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. Investigators are trying to learn more about the ...

FBI, state police working together to track terror threats - WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

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FBI, state police working together to track terror threats
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
“The most robust mechanism that we have as the FBI is our joint terrorism task force, so that is highly trained, federal, state and local law inforcement and intelligence officers that work together to address any threat that comes in,” said Elizabeth ...

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The feds are rethinking how they use technology to track cell phone calls - Business Insider

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The feds are rethinking how they use technology to track cell phone calls
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The Justice Department is conducting an internal review on its use of "secret cellphone tracking devices," according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. For years ... Beyond reviewing how much detail it can provide about the technology and how it ...
The US opens up on its use of phone surveillance hardwareEngadget 


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 Controversial secret phone tracker figured in dropped St. Louis caseIdaho Press-Tribune

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FBI had tracked terrorism plans of one of the gunmen in Garland attack as ... - Dallas Morning News (blog)

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FBI had tracked terrorism plans of one of the gunmen in Garland attack as ...
Dallas Morning News (blog)
One of those Simpson spoke to about his plans was an FBI informant who was paid $132,000 by the bureau to wear a wire and gather information about Simpson, records show. The informant, a young Sudanese man who attended the same mosque as ...

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Garland, Texas, shooting suspect linked himself to ISIS in tweets - CNN

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Garland, Texas, shooting suspect linked himself to ISIS in tweets
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He wasn't well-known to federal law enforcement and was not on the FBI's radar, one of the officials said. Investigators were combing through evidence retrieved from the shooters' Arizona home to help piece together a timeline of how their plot came ...

FBI Had Investigated Accused Texas Gunman for YearsABC News

The FBI Was Watching One Of The 'Draw The Prophet' Shooters Since At Least...Daily Caller

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Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attack at cartoon ... 

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WASHINGTON — Since 2006, the FBI had been investigating Elton Simpson — one of the men suspected in the Texas shootings outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. Agents recorded the ...

The Justice Department Is Reviewing Its Secret Cell Phone Tracking Programs - BuzzFeed News

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The Justice Department Is Reviewing Its Secret Cell Phone Tracking Programs
BuzzFeed News 

News of the Justice Department's review was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which also reports that senior officials have decided to be “more forthcoming about how and why the devices are used.”
 Critics of the DOJ's ... Last month, during a ...Justice department reviews Stingray cellphone monitoring programStreetWise Journal

Controversial secret phone tracker figured in dropped St. Louis caseIdaho Press-Tribune

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Gunman in 'Draw Muhammad' Shooting Attack Was Under FBI Watch Years Earlier - International Business Times

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Gunman in 'Draw Muhammad' Shooting Attack Was Under FBI Watch Years Earlier
International Business Times
Local police and FBI investigators collect evidence and survey the scene where two gunmen were shot dead, after their bodies were removed in Garland, Texas May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Laura Buckman.
Gunman in Texas was well-known to FBI before attack outside building of ...The Advocate
Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attackWFXL FOX 31

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Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attack - 6abc.com

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Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attack
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A convert to Islam, Simpson first attracted the FBI's attention in 2006 because of his ties to Hassan Abu Jihaad, a former U.S. Navy sailor who had been arrested in Phoenix and was ultimately convicted of terrorism-related charges, according to court ...

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