Posted on 12/10/2015 8:10:13 PM PST by Kaslin
There's been a lot of discussion over the FBI's deployment of divers at Seccombe Lake, which is located in a park near the Inland Regional Center, where Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik shot and killed 14 people. In a news conference held around 3 p.m. PST, David Bowdich, Assistant Director of the FBI's Los Angeles office, said that they were following up on a lead that indicated the two shooters came into the area. He also added that he is not discussing what the dive team is looking for at present, though he reiterated his promise that this investigation will be a methodical, factual investigation. He said that it's still a federal terrorism investigation, and that no stone will be left unturned.
Bowdich also said that neighborhood canvasses by federal agents at a later date is possible during the course of this multi-agency investigation that includes the FBI, ATF, San Bernardino Police Department, and County Sheriff's office.
On a somber note, federal and local law enforcement officials met with the families of the victims who agreed to a meeting, and asked that the media, and the public, respect their privacy at this time. These families have emotional and physical scars that will take years to heal, some might never heal. Concerning the injured, Assistant Director Bowdich said that number has increased to 22 people. A person who did not know they were injured in the attack has now checked himself or herself into a local hospital.
Bowdich said the number one priority right now is to protect the integrity of the investigation should a prosecution occur in the years ahead. He also clarified a little about the alleged 2012 plot in nearby Riverside, California that's been circulating in the media. He did confirm that four people were arrested on terrorism-related charges back in November 2012, but added that they were not planning on attacking the United States. The four men were planning to go overseas, train with the Taliban, and eventually join al-Qaeda in order to kill, among others, American targets. The FBI watched them, and they were never a danger to the immediate community with this incident. The press release of their arrests is featured below:
Four men have been charged for their roles in a plot to provide material support to terrorists by making arrangements to join al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in order to kill, among others, American targets, announced Andre Birotte, Jr., the United States Attorney in Los Angeles, and Bill Lewis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office.
According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, the defendants conspired to provide material support to terrorists in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339A, knowing or intending that such support was to be used in preparation for or in carrying out:
- conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons and damage property in a foreign country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 956;
- killing and attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1114;
- killing nationals of the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2332(b);
- conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2332a(b);
- and bombing places of public use and government facilities, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2332f.
The defendants, listed below, are also known by alias identities listed in the criminal complaint.
- Sohiel Omar Kabir, 34, a former resident of Pomona and naturalized United States citizen, born in Afghanistan
- Ralph Deleon, 23, of Ontario, a lawful permanent resident alien, born in the Philippines
- Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales (further described herein and in the criminal complaint as "Santana"), 21, of Upland, a lawful permanent resident, born in Mexico and whose application for citizenship is pending in the United States
- Arifeen David Gojali, 21, of Riverside, a United States citizen
Bowdich added that search for evidentiary items in the lake could take days, and that there is nothing dangerous in the immediate area. FBI agents have extensively searched the surrounding park. We don't know if Farook and Malik discarded anything in the body of water, which requires specialized dive teams to conduct this part of investigation effectively.
The FBI is constructing a timeline, so they can retrace the shooters' steps. Bowdich did not go into the legal situation with Enrique Marquez, a friend of Farook, who was allegedly involved in a planned attack that was reportedly aborted in 2012. Marquez bought the rifles used in the shooting last week. The Washington Post reported that he is cooperating with authorities.
DRAIN IT
Ralph Deleon, 23, of Ontario, a lawful permanent resident alien, born in the Philippines
Geez we gotta worry about Filipinos too
Before the FBI can dive, they must allow the media to dredge the lake first on live TV...
Jose Padilla (Puerto Rican) & Carlos the Jackal (Venezuelan) were unavailable for comment. I was going to look for Chicano Jidahists, but tired ;(
By comparison to a largish pond I sometime fish at, I’m guessing maybe 7 acres for Seccombe Lake...
(New mystery: I’m also trying to “figure out” a new lake that’s popped up near us - saw it just now & I sure don’t recall seeing it B4 on any mapping site. It looks like it might still be filling at the time of the Google image, at about 20 acres. Bing’s image (earlier in the spring, from sun angle and vegetation color) looks more like 10 acres. Long straight dam over 1000 ft. long, out in the fields... Some really ambitious farmer??? I’m jealous!)
Well, though mostly delightful, Christian people, there have been violent segments of the population, Muzzies in the South and Commies in the North, in RP, for a long time.
“Hard drives probably”
That’s been the rumor on LA radio.
My question is where were they for 3 hours and what were they doing?
Ramzi Yousef, the planner of the first World Center bombing, planned the Oklahoma City bombing while in the Philippines. Terry Nichols flew there several times and returned to Oklahoma with a Muslim wife.
Why that would not be environmentally friendly and just think of the toads and fishyees that live in the pond. We would destroy their habitat. Where would the ducks and geese go to crap?
And getting a permit from the EPA would delay the investigation 10 years. It would be faster to let it evaporate the trying to get the permit.
No, they & Billy Joe were just throwing something off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
;^)
Incredible.
Nobody that comes to a country illegally respects it.
You don’t respect the home you break into
Those that don’t assimilate dont respect it.
I’ll give a pass to those who come when they’re 80.
that’s about it.
No, we gotta worry about Muslims in general. It makes no difference where they come from.
Diving, and looking for something in the murky water
think poster is referring to the muzzies as know one knows their path after the shootings.
Appears they had a latter attack planned but he got pissed at something and they pulled this one off in haste and probably screwed up in coverage of tracks and one was pulling the hard drive before they left the apt and then not knowing where to dispose of it may have tossed it in this man made POND that a super pump should have been put in 24 hrs ago.
Hmmm. This San Bernardino county building facility must be the only one in America to not have security cameras.
That lake is what, 4 feet deep on average?
Drain it, don’t spend a quarter million on diving it, drain it and then walk it.
Rusty fishing lures and empty beer cans....
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