Where was the outrage after the Fort Hood massacre? Oh right, the native Americans getting a shout out was the first order of business that day. Where was the outrage after the terrorist almost took down a passenger jet on Christmas? Oh, that turned into a big joke - now known as the underwear bomber.
It is downplayed because we're not supposed to notice the current takeover of the United States government. We're supposed to stay ignorant until it is too late to go back.
Hopefully people are waking up fast enough to stop this march away from the Constitution and western civilization.