I don't know what we could do different, but I do hate it when they LIE to us about what actually happened. Every incident like this, they jump out and loudly declare there's "no terrorism involved"--even before they've had a chance to investigate the matter. I strongly resent being lied to in an effort to kiss up to Islam.
I agree. There have been too many lies (e.g. about the terrorist attack by the Hindu cult on the west coast, the framing of the two Border Guards, and WMD). If the government lies to us, how can we trust them?
I agree that its silly for the FBI to jump out in front of an investigation and say they know it wasn't terrorism even before they've set foot on the crime scene.
That's silly, but I don't feel particularly lied-to or offended about it. I think it's the product of bureaucratic knee-jerking in the face of the incessantly stupid-question-repeating gaggle of insipid reporters that gather at these things. It's more a product of annoyance with reporters asking the same lame questions time after time until a sort of institutional fog is sent up every time they have to deal with them.
But sure... it would be nice if they'd learn that it is OK to say "We just don't know". But *nothing* inspires a reporter to kick into hyperdrive like smelling fresh blood in the form of an admission like that.