This is momentous. For years now, since Obama in 2011 banned all mention of Islam and jihad from counterterror training, the US government has been committed to the fantasy that there is no jihadist ideology. There are still many in the clueless and compromised FBI and other agencies who believe these delusions.
“AG Bill Barr demands Apple unlock two phones used by Saudi cadet responsible for shooting at Pensacola Navy base to see if he acted alone as he says the attack WAS terrorism motivated by ‘jihadist ideology,'” by Megan Sheets and Valerie Edwards, Dailymail.com, January 13, 2020 (thanks to Frank):
US Attorney General William Barr has demanded that Apple unlock two cellphones used by a gunman who carried out a mass shooting at a Florida military base.
Barr made the high profile request at a press conference on Monday where he branded the attack an ‘act of terrorism’.
Three American sailors were killed and eight other people were wounded when Saudi military trainee Mohammed Alshamrani opened fire in a classroom at the US Naval Air Station in Pensacola on December 6.
Alshamrani, 21, who was training to be a naval flight officer, was then killed in a shoot-out with police….
In the Alshamrani case, DOJ officials say that they need access to the gunman’s phones to see data and messages from encrypted apps like Signal or WhatsApp and determine whether he had discussed his plans with others at the base and if he was acting alone.
At Monday’s press conference Barr said that Alshamrani was motivated by ‘jihadist ideology’ and had posted anti-American, anti-Israeli and jihadist messages on social media. Some of those messages were shared within hours of the shooting.
On September 11 of last year, Alshamrani allegedly posted a message which read: ‘The countdown has begun.’
Barr added that Alshamrani also visited the New York City memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks days before the shooting….