Saudi shooter in Florida air base attack had ties to al Qaeda

Mohammed Al-Shamrani, the Saudi military trainee who killed three American servicemen in Pensacola last year, had ties to al Qaeda. The Justice Department said the shooter communicated with al Qaeda operatives as recently as the night before the attack. David Martin has the details.

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[heyheytaytay]

Just as a reminder: 15/19 of the hijackers were Saudis. Yet we go after Iraq, Iran, Afghan...

[gibbles]

It feels nice to know apple didn't budge or help.

[martincito]

Why does the government ask for help unlocking devices when they always end up doing it themselves??

[europainvictus]

So much for the Saudis being our ALliEs and the Iranians being our EnEmIeS

[sledneck]

Gee, this seems like something shiny and distracting....

[dee]

I thought we gave up our freedom so the NSA can stop this kind of stuff?

[rrrobeltnest]

Report on that shootout at the busy intersection that happened this same day in miami. The one were the Cops killed the UPS driver and two innocent bystanders while the cops used people and cars with people in them as shields. Yes that one

[mddevice]

Ego woulda suspected a Saudi national taking flight school inthe US would be a terror risk.... shocking

[justinlibby-perry]

It's not that Apple "refused to help unlock the phone."

The government wanted Apple to build a backdoor, that could gain entry, into any and all Apple products. This "update" would circumvent password protections, allowing the government total access to anyone's iPhone, or other Apple products, at any time.

But, yeah... spin them as the bad-guy in this scenario. I don't like Apple, but I like the idea of living in a George Orwell novel, even less.

[earljohnson]

Great job NCIS, OSI, FBI, CIA keep proving your worth

[talos_the_automaton]

0:46
I can just imagine an investigator giving these phones to some interns to attempt to unlock.

[redpandadrooper]

We’re not attacking or hating Saudi Arabia because we’re making lots of money selling weapons to them just to answer your guys questions.

[JuanGarcia-znlf]

Help from Apple??? Just ask the NSA for help???

[DrunkenRhinoceros]

No Surprise he acted on behalf of a terrorist organization.
What's shameful, is Apple's refusal to assist the USA investigating this domestic attack.

[YDBeatz]

Glad I have an iPhone!!. This was a great Apple Ad 😂

[ADDeeJay]

Can we have someone from the Justice Dept who isn't a lying traitor talk to the American public please?

[catgolfer]

Mr. Martin should have said that Apple refused to help the FBI instead of Director Wray having to say it.🐈

[el]

....having cell "phones" in an atack like
Its like the mercenaries caught in Venezuela with "passports".
This people need to learn from the
Hollywood good.

[arielaguirre]

And this is coming out barley now?? They're looking for an escape goat yall

[atinychihuahuallc]

iPhone surviving gunshots ... took fbi 4 months