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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:23 PM May 2020

FBI cracked phone of Saudi shooter at Florida naval base, found al Qaeda ties -Barr

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - The FBI found cellphone evidence linking al Qaeda to the Royal Saudi Air Force trainee who killed three American sailors in a December attack at a U.S. naval base in Florida after cracking his phone open, Attorney General William Barr said on Monday.

The shooter, Second Lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21, was killed by law enforcement during the Dec. 6, 2019 attack.

He was on the base as part of a U.S. Navy training program designed to foster links with foreign allies.

The Justice Department succeeded in unlocking the encryption on the shooter's iPhone after Apple Inc declined to do so, Barr told reporters on a conference call.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-cracked-phone-of-saudi-shooter-at-florida-naval-base-found-al-qaeda-ties-barr/ar-BB14fASH?li=BBnbfcL

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FBI cracked phone of Saudi shooter at Florida naval base, found al Qaeda ties -Barr (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
Well, coming from William Barr, Mr.Bill May 2020 #1
me neither...first thought.. stillcool May 2020 #2
fake news if it comes from barr nt yaesu May 2020 #3
Sure... and I always trust everything from Barr, the Justice Dept and FBI now...LMFAO NotHardly May 2020 #4
I thought Isis was all the rage now and we defeated Jamastiene May 2020 #5
Haven't you heard? Mr.Bill May 2020 #8
Until he needs to trot them back out Jamastiene May 2020 #14
If you gave the repulican party an enema Mr.Bill May 2020 #17
Ain't it lovely to have such a trustworthy government? truthisfreedom May 2020 #6
One of the many tragedies of this WH...we can't take anything that comes from it at face value. nt wiggs May 2020 #7
I trust government. Mr.Bill May 2020 #9
I don't believe anything barr says. This could be a manufactured distraction samsingh May 2020 #10
Trump using Barr to embarrass kacekwl May 2020 #11
Those who don't believe this report...what excatly do you think motivated this killer? nt EX500rider May 2020 #12
The particulars of his motivation aren't under debate. The claim made by Barr is. Ford_Prefect May 2020 #13
Somehow i doubt accusing a Saudi AirForce officer of ties to ISIL is pleasing to Saudi. nt EX500rider May 2020 #19
Don't expect a logical answer to this one n/t Devil Child May 2020 #16
I highly doubt it. roamer65 May 2020 #15
Statement from Apple: dalton99a May 2020 #18

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
2. me neither...first thought..
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:36 PM
May 2020

what's the angle here? Just trying to make it look like they do something other than covering-up crime

NotHardly

(1,062 posts)
4. Sure... and I always trust everything from Barr, the Justice Dept and FBI now...LMFAO
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:39 PM
May 2020

(laughing my fat ass off)... sure sure, I just believe everything they all say now 'cause they so good about being forthright...LOL.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
5. I thought Isis was all the rage now and we defeated
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:44 PM
May 2020

Al Qaeda, or at least weren't so worried about them any more.

We create enemies so fast and have so many of them due to our shitty, xenophobic, holier than thou foreign policy, that I cannot keep up any more.

Mr.Bill

(24,103 posts)
8. Haven't you heard?
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:17 PM
May 2020

We also defeated Isis. In Syria months ago. I know it's true because Trump said we did.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
14. Until he needs to trot them back out
Tue May 19, 2020, 01:14 AM
May 2020

as another boogeyman to wag the dog. Trump gets more and more full of shit as time goes along. That man needs an enema.

Ford_Prefect

(7,817 posts)
13. The particulars of his motivation aren't under debate. The claim made by Barr is.
Mon May 18, 2020, 07:11 PM
May 2020

We have very good reasons to doubt that anything Barr says is what it seems to be and has no political motivation. Trump serves the Saudis and so do his minions. We have more cause to suspect propaganda from Barr than we do meaningful, legal and accurate detail.

The investigating officers have more to say on accuracy and evidence than Barr does.

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