“That’s usually the way with these kinds of things. “
Apparently he was trying to get OFF the base, so it’s not like he was a threat to security...
“It all started at the base’s family camp...The veteran was visiting the base when an altercation broke out. He took off on a motorcycle with security officials in pursuit...”
“He became more and more aggressive as the pursuit continued,...”
“When the motorcyclist arrived at the gate on S Dale Mabry Highway, he got to his feet and confronted an FBI agent, who was at the base on unrelated business, with a knife,...”
The key statement here is “confronted an FBI agent - with a knife”
And you state he was not a threat to security? I would disagree.