The FBI clearly knew the attack on our free speech event was coming (although it didn’t bother to inform us or our security team), as this undercover FBI agent was right there, following behind the jihadis, whom he had encouraged to “tear up Texas.” But even though they knew the attack was coming, they didn’t have a team in place to stop the jihadis. They had one man there, and one man only. The jihadis were not stopped by FBI agents, but by our own security team. If the jihadis had gotten through our team, they would have killed Pamela Geller and me, and many others. (They would no doubt have loved to kill Geert Wilders, but he left before they arrived.)
It was revealed in August 2016 that this undercover FBI agent encouraged the jihadis: “Days before an ISIS sympathizer attacked a cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, he received a text from an undercover FBI agent. ‘Tear up Texas,’ the agent messaged Elton Simpson days before he opened fire at the Draw Muhammad event, according to an affidavit (pdf) filed in federal court Thursday.”
What was the FBI’s game in telling them to do that? Why didn’t they have a phalanx of agents in place, ready to stop the attack? Or did they want the attack to succeed, so that Barack Obama’s vow that “the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam” would be vividly illustrated, and intimidate any other Americans who might be contemplating defending the freedom of speech into silence?
We twice asked the clueless and corrupt FBI for an investigation into this matter. They ignored us. Of course. After all, it isn’t as if this happened to someone important, like Linda Sarsour.
“Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Alleging FBI Role in 2015 Terror Attack in Texas,” by Todd Shepherd, Washington Free Beacon, January 5, 2019:
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a security guard who was injured during a 2015 terror attack by ISIS radicals in Garland, Texas. Bruce Joiner alleged the FBI was liable, arguing the bureau had prior knowledge of the impending violence and had even helped incubate the idea with attackers, but then failed to stop it.
Joiner was shot in the lower leg after Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi opened fire at a perimeter checkpoint at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, where inside “The First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest” was taking place.
ISIS later claimed responsibility, marking the first time the terror group ever carried out an attack on U.S. soil. Simpson and Soofi were fatally shot within yards of where their attack began.
Documents released through other court cases, however, revealed how close the FBI was to the action of the attack, which has since drawn media and congressional scrutiny.
Shortly after the “Muhammad Art Exhibit” event was announced in early 2015, the undercover agent who had been infiltrating the small cell of radicals texted Simpson, saying, “tear up Texas.”
Additionally, the undercover agent was in a separate car directly behind Simpson and Soofi when they opened fire and had been taking pictures of the attackers’ car just seconds before the shooting began.
When the first shots were fired, the undercover agent fled his own vehicle, but was apprehended by local police, at which point the agent told police he was undercover with the FBI.
Joiner claimed the FBI was liable for his injury and was seeking millions in damages but has consistently maintained that his lawsuit was about getting information from the bureau to uncover the full extent of their actions leading up to the attack.
“It seems like it had to have been one or the other,” Joiner’s attorney Trenton Roberts said in 2017, just a few months before filing the lawsuit. “Just a complete botched operation where [the FBI] don’t want the attack to actually take place, or, it’s something where they need the attack to take place in order for [the agent] to advance in the world of ISIS.”
Joiner and Roberts went further in their court filing, alleging a cover up at the highest levels of the FBI.
“In the aftermath of the attack, former FBI Director James Comey lied to the American people by claiming that Simpson was a ‘needle in a haystack’ that was ‘invisible to us,'” the filing said. “Even after it had come to light that an undercover FBI agent had been communicating extensively with the terrorists during the week prior to the event and had accompanied them as they carried out the attack, the FBI continued to assert that ‘there was no advance knowledge of a plot to attack the cartoon drawing contest.'”
Roberts did not respond to requests for comment for this article, including questions as to whether any kind of appeal might be pursued.
The Department of Justice and the FBI were invoking government immunity for their defense.
Judge Karen Gren Scholer in the Northern division of U.S. District Court delivered her ruling on the Friday before Christmas.
“The Court finds that the conduct alleged by Plaintiff fall within the scope of the discretionary authority conferred on the FBI by the Undercover Guidelines and the DOIG [Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide].”
As the case progressed in 2017, the DOJ lawyers representing the FBI had asked the judge to delay discovery in the case until a ruling on dismissal had been provided. Therefore, another consequence of Scholer’s ruling is that Joiner did not receive any additional documentation from the bureau about their activities leading up to the attack, and the odds of ever obtaining any additional information from the FBI now seem slim or nonexistent.
In another court filing related to Joiner’s suit, the DOJ had described the “tear up Texas” text message as “innocuous.”
In March of last year, the undercover agent testified against the ringleader of the entire attack, Erick Jamal Hendricks. The testimony came under highly unusual circumstances where the agent appeared on the stand under a light disguise and using a pseudonym, and the courtroom was cleared except for attorneys, jury members, and essential court members.
In that testimony, the agent said he did not have advance knowledge of the attack, and was surprised when the shooting began….
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Bill says
Deep State Judges covering for Deep State Agencies.
vlparker says
Not surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised. Our institutions are totally corrupted by evil and cowardly people.
somehistory says
Can they not file an FOIA request, and get this information? Perhaps ask Judicial Watch to assist in this as Mr. Fitton has a lot of success in filing these requests.
Walter Sieruk says
This is very much a terrible miscarriage of justice which indicates if not outright revealing aspect of the blatant insidious, infatuation and influence in and of the different branches of the institutions s of the US government .
This is all part of the while Islamic scheme of what is known as the Stealth jihad otherwise called the Muslim method of Islamic Gradualism to enact Sharia law in America, including the law Courts and other legal institution of this country. In contrast to the way of the violent jihad or also called the militant jihad .This non-violent form of the jihad for Islam is a very sly, insidious, subtle and deceptive way of working for the advancement of Islam.
This Muslim scheme for achieving the goal of the Islamic agenda is as, many times, as subtly effective as it is demonically clever. Furthermore, this Islamic gradualism, in some ways, is very similar to the instruction printed in the book entitled THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu. Which reads “At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to opposes you”
Walter Sieruk says
First, just about those two jihad-minded Muslims who had become so very offended by the Pamela Geller “draw a cartoon of Muhammad” contest that they traveled to Texas to kill those who took part in it . This is revealing about the good of Islam , Allah ,which is such a powerless helpless nothing god that can’t defend his prophet ,Muhammad .So those Muslim had to defend Muhammad because Allah is such a weak nothing deity that he needed those Muslims to “help him out.”
Second , In the Bible it gives the account of the Prophet Elijah declared “If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal be ,then follow him.” First Kings 18:21.[N.K.J.V.] In other words follow one of the other. Not both.
Third, many people say that the God of the Bible and the god of Islam are one the same. Is the majority always right? That’s not always the case. As an example the Christian pastor and scholar, Michael Youssef, who is also an Arab in his book entitled JESUS, JIHAD AND PEACE on page 69 informs the reader that “The name Allah comes from pre-Islamic times, and it corresponds to the Babylonian mane Bel or Baal. According to the Middle East scholar E.M. Wherry, pre-Islamic Arabs worshiped gods they called Allah. Both pre-Islamic Allah-worship and Baal –worship involved worship of the sun, the moon and the stars, which is why they are called astral religions. The crescent moon, the symbol of pagan moon worship, is also the symbol of Islam. It is printed on flags of many Islamic countries and placed atop minarets and mosques.” Likewise, a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Dr. Daniel Shayesteh, who used to live in the Middle East but now he lives in America . In his book ISLAM AND THE SON OF GOD. On pages 7,8. Reads “Allah is the generic term for God in many Middle –Eastern cultures. Allah is identified as one of the 360 or so idols worshiped by the Arabian people for centuries before Muhammad was born. Many do not know that Allah was the good god of the Arabians. This explains the crescent moon found on minarets and mosques and the flags of Muslim nations. .. .Historic writings also identify Allah with Baal.” It’s also worth mentioning that the Bible condemns such astral religions. As in, for example, Second Kings 23:5.
Therefore, now in modern times, it may be rightly said “If Yahweh Lord of the Bible , be the one True God follow Him. Yet if Allah the lord of Islam be the one true god then follow him.” The case is very clear cut.
fredoniahead says
One of the biggest problems this country has are these damn judges. The US is ran by judges. It is what is known as a Kritarchy…rule by judges.
These are the scumbags that mold and direct the nations direction. Take the SCOTUS…it was this corrupt body of demigods, many who were or are Communists, that have handed down some of the directives that have eroded this country form within. The early 60’s brought the anti-Christian Bible/prayer ruling in schools, then abortion, more recently the FGM ruling in Detroit, then on and on. One Commie ruling after another.
Nothing in this country is going to straighten up as long as there is a rule by judges. Judges who sit on their ivory thrones like gods handing down rulings from on high without term limits, and who even tell the POTUS what he can and can’t do. They can sit for decades ruining the nation after each ruling.
This is the stupidest and downright ridiculous aspects of American polity. Notice a common theme among these judges that hand down the more outrageous, “travesty of justice” rulings?.
Walter Sieruk says
This incident of those Muslims who came to the “Draw a cartoon of Muhammad” contest intentions of murderous violence to “help out ” the weak and nothing god of Islam ,Allah, has no power to defend his prophet. is also a good reminder that there was and still is a play making fun of Jesus and making Jesus out to be some kind of clown. The point is the Christians didn’t become violent because of that play being preformed. Christians didn’t become violent ,not because they don’t love Jesus but because unlike Islam, Christianity doesn’t teach violence . The other reason is because Christian know that unlike the weak,powerless nothing Islamic god ,Allah. the God of the Bible is almighty and no one may mock Him and getaway with it, Romans 14;12. Galatians 6:7.
For the God of the Bible is not really Allah the god of Islam. To explain, through the passing of time it has become widely accepted that the word “Allah” is just the Arabic word for God. This started when truth compromising Bible “translators” substituted the word Allah where the word God should have had been uses in the Arabic translation of the Bible. Furthermore, in the glossary in the book ASSASSINS! By Dr. Haha Lung it defines Allah as the “Pre-Islamic Lunar god : the god of Islam. “ Likewise, in the book entitled INSIDE ISLAM by a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Reza F. Safa on pages 22, 23 it reads “In pre-Islamic times both Allah –worship and Baal-worship involved the worship of the sun, the moon and the stars which h defines them as astral religions. [Which are condemned in the Bible, Second Kings 23:5] The crescent moon, which was the symbol of moon worship, is also the symbol of Islam.” In conclusion the Islamic god, Allah, is not the God of the Bible.
The words in brackets are my own. In addition other some other books that expose this little known truths are WHO IS THIS ALLAH ? by G..J.O.. Moshay also UNVEILING ISLAM by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner and THE ISLAMIC INVASION by Robert Morey . There is also PHILISTINE by Ramon Bennett and ANSWERING JIHAD by Mabeel Qureshi
RonaldB says
The usual question pops up about Comey:
1) Gross, galloping, raging incompetence;
2) Malevolent participant in political conspiracies.
Option number 1 may or may not be true, but is certainly consistent with all of Comey’s exploits in the FBI.
The same dichotomy hold for Mueller during his reign as FBI director in the 9/11 time frame. Mueller directed the FBI to focus primarily, probably exclusively, on one suspect for the anthrax attacks, who turned out to be completely innocent. Mueller also had the FBI, no doubt instructed by the Deep State operatives so prominent in government bureaucracies, clear Saudi aristocrats for takeoff to Saudi Arabia the day after 9/11 after a grueling hour or so of gentle interrogation.
Tom S. says
The Islamist John Brennan was the CIA director at the time. Is it any wonder the FBI was actively involved in promoting Jihad against those defending our freedoms against Islam?
revereridesagain says
Once again the FBI proves that their “untouchables” image is a fantasy, and the Deep State, in the person of a compliant judge, provides cover. It was only through the quick action of a single police officer that the terrorists were prevented from taking innocent lives.
lisalles says
Deep state judge. How do we remove this cancer?
roberta says
Disappointed but not surprised.
Bezelel says
“In that testimony, the agent said he did not have advance knowledge of the attack, and was surprised when the shooting began….”
Did the Jerk, uh I mean Agent?, think the boys were bringing entries for the contest? “Tear up Texas”was just a coincidence? Doesn’t everyone use that phrase these days? Especially when saying it to muslims who are being investigated. What sort of judge is this?
gravenimage says
Miscarriage of justice: Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging FBI role in 2015 jihad attack on AFDI free speech event
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*Deeply* disturbing.
mortimer says
Either the FBI was involved in the attack and expected the jihadis to be killed or else they were incompetent.
I bet the FBI do not want Muslims to know that lured these dumb jihadis into a trap.
RonaldB says
Reading the news reports on the incident, the Garland police department was not informed of the potential attack, and the police who actually shot the jihadis was a traffic officer on loan for security at the Draw-Muhammad event. Does this sound like an FBI sting operation to you? So, we’re left with the choices of gross incompetence, or else a conscious indifference as to whether the jihadis actually shot up the cartoon exposition. Which I was attending, incidentally. The two choices, gross FBI incompetence, and FBI malevolence, are not mutually exclusive, of course.
Off track, let me emphasize the professionalism and competence with which the Garland police handled the affair.
Joe says
It is clear that the FBI was officially attacking Americans with ISIS. No one went to jail or even fired. So it is okay for government officials to kill us?
Cindy Coker says
I would say this wasn’t gross incompetence but a standard practice under the Obama administration with the slime, James Comey! I pray that everything they did in darkness to destroy America is brought to light and we get to view their public beheading!
RonaldB says
Slimy, corrupt, political practices do not exclude gross incompetence. The FBI at this point seems excellent at pulling a felony perjury charge out of ordinary memory variations, but unable to act to prevent shootings such as the Parkland shootings in spite of several explicit warnings made directly to an FBI office. This is the mark of a corrupt, politicized agency in the mode of 1984, which is only good at political warfare against its enemies.
Another example of incompetence is that the Russian intelligence specifically notified the FBI that the Tsarnaev brothers (the Boston Marathon bombers) were dangerous Islamists, with no FBI action except a pro forma interview.
Bill Hartko says
This has to be one of the greatest scandals in the history of American Life presided over by Barack (not a) Smidgen (of corruption) Obama. All members of this Administration and its predecessor should not rest until this event is publicly and thoroughly examined. This strikes at the very heart of public affairs, and freedom of expression.
Cunamarra says
Another despicable trend in our culture has been the adoption of forms of Islamic “logic” in determining culpability where some tragedy takes place. The tragedy being some event of murder, attempted murder, rape or violent attack planned or committed by Muslims.
When a 12 year old girl is raped in Islamic society she is put to death by her family with the complicity of the community and state or the community or state puts her to death itself. This is, of course, because she either tempted the rapist or engaged in immoral, lewd behavior. The raped person is at fault and her death “rights” her “wrong.”
When a Muslim in Islamic society beheads a kuffar not protected by the dhimma or rapes a kuffar at his fancy, it is done either by the sanction or explicit command of Allah and by the example of the false prophet. So not only is it a moral positive from an Islamic premise but also the Muslim can claim “Allah made me do it.” In any case no ill has been done, no crime has occured.
When Muslims attack kuffar outside Islamic society it is commanded by Allah and the kuffar have actually offended the Muslims and have committed the aggression of dis-belief in any case.
Now in Western societies after 30 or 40 years of Islamic rape jihadists raping young girls with the full and enthusiastic blessing of British government, courts, media and police, victims have now grown into adults and have had children of their own to be offered up to the rape gangs. These victims describe that as 10, 11, and 12 year old girls they were seen by the BRITISH authorities as naughty girls making bad choices and decisions in their lives. This as the 10 year old was charmed by the 20, 30, 40 year old man and lead by the hand or hair into a gang rape then passed around to 100’s of model Muslim men over the next decade bearing her vaginal fistula along the way. In British society now the kid who is getting raped and pressed into sexual slavery by the community is at fault.
Western “researchers” and “scientists” don’t believe in Allah but social exclusion, and alienation of Muslims by culpable non-Muslims in Western societies are the direct cause of Muslims becoming Jihadists. Of course they aren’t really jihadists they are individual criminals who were good people until they faced the depredations of Western bigots and finally just snapped. Their actions had nothing directly to do with Islam itself. The Muslim who finally lashed out and certainly Islam itself are not to blame, bearing no culpability at all.
When Westerners in Western societies speak openly and honestly about Islam they are to blame if they are attacked by Muslims in retaliation for the Western bigot’s aggressive attack on Muslims and Islam.
This must have been how it was in those famous and impressive civilizations of antiquity. In the 7th to 9th centuries they had flourished and ebbed and flowed for thousands of years. None survived Islam once having submitted to it. Upon their conquest the Muslims were not in the majority. I’ve often wondered how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going. Now I wonder how it is possible, in these graceless years of transition, today right now, that men do not see whither they were going.
TKF says
I was there in Garland that day (thanks for the tickets Robert). Little did I know my own government was going to be an accomplice in trying to have me killed for looking at cartoons. This is a blatant cover-up to hide the fact that Obama and his FBI wanted everyone at that event DEAD.The potential victims of this attack, including myself, and the American people, deserve JUSTICE and TRUTH, not this total bullshit from the people who ostensibly work for us. I wasn’t born yesterday and these assholes are LYING their butts off and the goddamned judges are obviously in the bag as well. Does ANYONE give a damn?
TKF says
I was there in Garland that day. Little did I know my own government was going to be an accomplice in trying to have me killed for looking at cartoons. This is a blatant cover-up to hide the fact that Obama and his FBI wanted everyone at that event DEAD.The potential victims of this attack, including myself, and the American people, deserve JUSTICE and TRUTH, not this total BS from the people who ostensibly work for us. I wasn’t born yesterday and these a-holes are LYING their butts off and the g*ddamned judges are obviously in the bag as well. Does ANYONE give a damn?