It's the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. since 9/11. Adding to the horror: the FBI had been looking at Hasan due to his chilling communications about suicide bombings with a top al-Qaeda terrorist.
Pete Hoekstra sees the FBI misses as a pattern and a problem.
The FBI had been monitoring the men for years, and an FBI agent was right there, in a car following them, the moment they opened fire.
His father had reportedly alerted the FBI to his son's radical tendencies and interest in terrorist videos, but the FBI allegedly cleared him.
A month before the murders, the FBI received a hotline tip about Cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, disturbing social media posts, and the worry he might conduct a school shooting.
Hoekstra says he doesn't think it's a coincidence that 9 of the 13 FBI misses involve Muslim attackers- an infamous blind spot.
Hoekstra: The same priorities that they establish there in terms of what they're going to follow up and where their agents are going to get the star- "Okay, hey. You found another four people who attacked the Capitol. You get the star. You found four more people who did things in Oregon? That's not as important"- that same mentality, is then going to drift over into these other areas because you know where the FBI and other law enforcement people have placed their priorities.
Monday, January 17, 2022
FBI's big misses
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