BREAKING: Obama Admin. Releases Unredacted Orlando 911 Call After Outcry

Mediaite ^ | 3:09 pm, June 20th, 2016 89 | by Josh Feldman

[M. Thatcher]

The Department of Justice and the FBI has released the unredacted version of the Orlando shooter’s 911 call after tons of outcry for redacting references to ISIS.

Republicans by the score ripped the White House over politically correct concerns, and Paul Ryan demanded the unredacted version be released.

Here’s the full transcript, without the omissions:

OD: Emergency 911, this is being recorded.

OM: In the name of God the Merciful, the beneficent [Arabic]

OD: What?

OM: Praise be to God, and prayers as well as peace be upon the prophet of God [Arabic]. I wanna let you know, I’m in Orlando and I did the shootings.

OD: What’s your name?

OM: My name is I pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State.

OD: Ok, What’s your name?

OM: I pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may God protect him [Arabic], on behalf of the Islamic State.

OD: Alright, where are you at?

OM: In Orlando.

OD: Where in Orlando?

[End of call.]

As you can see, the redacted parts were clearly about ISIS, which everyone knew already.

This is the explanation given by the DOJ/FBI for why they redacted it in the first place and why they reversed:

The purpose of releasing the partial transcript of the shooter’s interaction with 911 operators was to provide transparency, while remaining sensitive to the interests of the surviving victims, their families, and the integrity of the ongoing investigation. We also did not want to provide the killer or terrorist organizations with a publicity platform for hateful propaganda. Unfortunately, the unreleased portions of the transcript that named the terrorist organizations and leaders have caused an unnecessary distraction from the hard work that the FBI and our law enforcement partners have been doing to investigate this heinous crime. As much of this information had been previously reported, we have re-issued the complete transcript to include these references in order to provide the highest level of transparency possible under the circumstances.

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[Company Man]

Under pressure, they traded one form of obfuscation (redaction) for another ("translation").

[hoosiermama]

Too many people survived and overheard the conversation. (3 hrs wasnt long enough /s)

[just me]

Now that you posted it. What’s up with that? We better wake up.

[Pravious]

RE: The official statement

What a load of ass-covering, PC nonsense. And we’re supposed to have confidence in these same people to keep our country safe? Yeah... right.

[arthurus]

Mateen did not say “God.” He said “Allah.”

[JimRed]

Has that video been redacted too? Or did no one have a cellphone handy.

When you are a spectator and believe you are safe you may tend to think of getting photos or video. When you're a probable target, not so much.

[Resettozero]

I firmly believe this was a test to see if "they" could get away with rewriting history, (changing facts) in full public view, with the public's passive consent.

Agree with you. This is not the first successful time in the past 7 years, especially dealing with lone gunman shootings. Somebody is getting ready for a big production that's coming that will fool everybody. Except for those who won't be fooled, or deceived for very long.

[ilovesarah2012]

We know he didn’t say God, he said Allah.

Obama is one of them.

[Liz]

.......not a coincidence, by any means......

[uncbob]

Paul Ryan demanded the unredacted version be released.

Must be feeling heat from the home folks

[ilovesarah2012]

We all know it isn’t the families Obama is concerned with.

FUBOPOS

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Americans....you silly fools.....wake up....Obama, Clinton, Lynch, Biden, Warren, every single Democrat is with our enemy.....abetting & assisting them in any way they can!!! You are like the foolish people of Rome who believed that the Roman Army would always protect them, and the hapless Jews in Hitler’s Germany...that really believed Hitler would leave them alone!!! Oh....I so fear for our once great country!!! SAD days for the American children of today and the American children that might never get here!!!

[Verginius Rufus]

It could be worse. At least their edited version doesn’t have Mateen saying “Vote Trump! Vote Trump! Vote Trump!”

[Resettozero]

When you are a spectator and believe you are safe you may tend to think of getting photos or video. When you're a probable target, not so much.

Not all people think that way though. I don't. But I wouldn't be in a gay club at 2AM Sunday either.

This episode supposedly went on for TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT LEAST!

About police and media video footage inside of the wounded or dead: Why redact that? National security?

[jsanders2001]

> the highest level of transparency possible . . . .with a straight face. What nerve.

Most opaque administrator ever...

[Resettozero]

They’re transparent alright. Can see right through them easily.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Can these dopes ever do anything that doesn’t appear deceptive? Even if it is?

[RightGeek]

“Unfortunately, the unreleased portions of the transcript that named the terrorist organizations and leaders have caused an unnecessary distraction from the hard work that the FBI and our law enforcement partners have been doing to investigate “

Explain this.

They are still trying to figure out Omar's motive.

[Liz]

"Except I'm shorter......and a brain to match."

[AC86UT89]

Gee so sorry that our interest in knowing the truth was an “unnecessary distraction”. I’m sure it was so much easier and less time consuming for you to edit the transcripts and to lie to everybody. Sorry for causing you the additional inconvenience of being honest with the people who pay your salaries.