Posted on 02/17/2018 6:49:23 AM PST by MarvinStinson
MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell fretted Friday that the FBI's acknowledged error in not following up on a credible trip on Nikolas Cruz might serve as fodder for critics of the Russia investigation.
In a statement, the FBI said Friday that "protocols were not followed" after someone contacted the bureau's Public Access Line on Jan. 5 with concerns about Cruz, who authorities say confessed to carrying out the Florida school shooting this week. The individual provided information in January about Cruz's desire to kill people, erratic behavior, disturbing social media posts, and potential to carry out a school shooting.
The FBI said under established protocols, the caller's information was sufficient cause to assess Cruz as a threat to life and should have been forwarded to the Miami field office for further investigation, but this did not occur.
Former FBI executive assistant director Shawn Henry said Friday the FBI's conduct was "unacceptable."
"There's absolutely no excuse," Henry said on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports."
"Somebody dropped the ball. It's inappropriate, it's unacceptable, and I don't know what to say," Henry added. "I've been on the air before and, when appropriate, defended the FBI with many of their actions. In this case, it's clear that somebody along the line, based on the statement of Director [Christopher] Wray, missed something that led to this tragedy or could have potentially disrupted this."
Mitchell said this news came at a time when the FBI is "very vulnerable" because of the attacks from President Donald Trump and the White House over its handling of the Russia election interference investigation.
"It's completely unrelated to what they're doing on the Russia probe, but this could feed the public animus that has already been ginned up by critics of the Russia investigation, including the president," Mitchell said.
"There's no doubt that this will bring critics out, and let me be very, very clear. What happened here is completely unacceptable," Henry said.
Henry said the error didn't take away from the FBI's thousands of successes.
The 19-year-old Cruz confessed to the murders of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., according to a police report. It is the third-deadliest school shooting in American history.
Oh my, brought to you by the same limousine socialist media logic that had another reporter commenting on how more abortions can help in reducing the number of violent, abhorrent incidents in schools.
That ancient hag should be forced to retire. We have suffered long enough.
She obviously didnt lose a loved one to a madman reported to the FBI
Ditto with Pulse nightclub shooter
Reported investigated dropped
(And his father shows up front row couple weeks later at a Clinton rally )
Andrea has a very warped sense of allegiance and priorities.
It has never occurred to her that the investigation of Trump is phony.
She wants a crime to be “proven” even if its not true.
I recall hearing One ‘aw, shit’ wipes out a thousand ‘attaboys’” a few times while in the service.
Stay focused, Andrea. /S
Old Pokk-face speaks...
“Andrea has a very warped sense of allegiance and priorities.”
Yes. Most definitely. She’s lived a life of privilege, jetting around with liberal politicians (I’m sure she doesn’t stay at the local Motel 6, and eat Dominoes pizza for dinner), and uses her job to push her personal views and agenda - not to write the truth. She’s corrupt, like so many of the liberal politicians she rubs elbows with.
I like how the "Russian collusion investigation" has become the "Russian interference investigation."
Nice sleight of hand there, media. I almost didn't notice.
Almost.
Hey Andrea, we’ll start sending Viagra to Alan, and you can worry about that instead.
She makes my point
There are calls for sessions to clean house at the FBI. to shut down the Russia thing.
Trump can’t do that
As soon as he does it’s all about him. He fired comey and it was like touching a hot stove Trump learns from his mistakes
When he is proactive, every story is about him
It’s hard to watch the FBI screw up when kids get killed. And Jeff Sessions can’t string a sentence together. He can’t do an overhaul there
But if he had done so or was in the process the story would be about the FBI.having been meddled with by Trump
We know, Andrea Mitchell knows. The story is the FBI has been meddled with- by hillary. Like everything else she touches it has turned to shit. We have to watch it play out, like a Benghazi tale, then put it back piece by piece or abolish it.
This is a huge story. The FBI is playing it down. My suspicion is they made that announcement yesterday, the Russian agent indictment, to get them off the front page.
The Andrea Mitchells will keep bleating and anti mrs voices will continue but we’ll get to the truth
I bet these cluster of Russian internet trolls they indicted was the only real (and irrelevant) truth they had regarding this “investigation”. They had to play this card with all the egg on their face over the shooting. They had to produce some fruit and do it fast.
No Andrea. The JOKE of a Mueller indictment showed us that the FBI is a third rate clown act. Are you one of the clowns, too, or are you just their stooge?
You have to make allowances for Andrea. She’s still suffering PTSD following Fidel’s death.
Nothing will stop Mueller’s attempt at taking down Trump and all conservatives.
... ya know, I’ve been pondering over the last 48 hours about the FBI ‘miscues’ over the past 30 years.
From Ruby Ridge to flight 800 to 9/11 to Vegas to this latest - and a whole bunch not mentioned.
I starting to see a VERY disturbing pattern....
Good catch.
Poor thing still believes Trump had anything to do with Russians attempting to influence our election but won’t acknowledge all the illegal voting.
She really needs a padded room and a healthy dose of Thorazine. Of course I can say the same thing about most of the news media and most, if not all, the dem pols.
Andrea Mitchell has an obsession with fake news if she had to face reality she would go into a coma.
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