Posted on 12/05/2015 11:24:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
“It reminded me of days in the Old West where there’d be a shooting and the whole town would go through and look,†former NYPD officer Bill Stanton tells TheWrap.
The FBI potentially dropped the ball by letting media ransack the home of the San Bernardino shooters just two days after the massacre.
“They [the FBI] totally scrubbed it from head to toe, or it’s a major **** up,†former NYPD police officer Bill Stanton told TheWrap about reporters from MSNBC, CNN and other outlets being allowed into the suspects’ home to comb through photos and documents.
Stanton, who worked for the NYPD and in private security for 25 years, said the combined strength and power of the U.S. government and law enforcement could have successfully stripped down the shooters’ home successfully in a day.
But it’s also possible the FBI erred by giving the all-clear signal to the landlord to allow media into the home too soon.
“It doesn’t make our services look efficient,†Stanton continued. “It reminded me of days in the Old West where there’d be a shooting and the whole town would go through and look.â€
On Friday, the FBI defended what looked like a chaotic and shocking scene on TV, saying the home was no longer a crime scene and its owners were free to do what they wanted with the property.
“We did a very thorough search and took our time and completed it,†she said. “There are cases where we need to preserve a location, but that’s extremely rare,†Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles, told Reuters.
As TheWrap reported, MSNBC came under heavy fire on social media for showing unblurred images of children and other potential family and friends of the shooters who may have had nothing to do with the grisly massacre.
Another former NYPD officer, Tom Ruskin, told TheWrap that the network’s decision was “irresponsible and disgusting,†suggesting those people showed on camera could be forced into hiding as a result of their images being broadcast publicly.
“They have potentially caused innocent people, people that may not be tied to this crime, the possibility of being harmed, and they have to go into hiding,†Ruskin said.
The network expressed regret for showing the images. “We regret that we briefly showed images of photographs and identification cards that should not have been aired without review,†a spokesperson said in a statement Friday.
More proof that MSLSD is working for the Obama regime.
Just another case of trickle down incompetence.
That's an excellent point. This probably wasn't the original plan. It would've made sense to keep an eye on that apartment, go through it thoroughly, check recent purchases (like for that package that was shipped). That original plan could've brought to light others involved, locations that might be targeted, whom they had contact with.
There are only two possibilities here: (1)The FBI are morons or (2)They want to hide information about terrorism
You both nailed it.
We couldn’t believe out eyes as we watched the media rummage through the piles of evidence left behind.
EVERY item....silverware, books, paperwork, toothbrushes should have been seized and fingerprinted & checked for DNA. The garage where they made the pipe bombs would have supplied a treasure trove of evidence, possibly identifying a list of cell members.
It’s almost as if it were planned that way.
“It’s not like they have to worry about evidence being tainted at a trial. Both perps are dead.”
That’s true, but unless the FBI has sufficiently scrubbed that residence for prints, DNA or any other identifying artifacts, the opportunity to determine the presence of and locate any possible co-conspirators is completely lost. Ted Williams from Fox found an axe in the kitchen drawer. Maybe the FBI concluded axes are common kitchen items and determined it wasn’t a piece of evidence that might trace to someone wanting to hide it.. or maybe their sweep wasn’t all that thorough after all.
The enemedia is now the vanguard troops for any obama conceived and directed disaster
As I recently was made aware, the identity of farooq was known long before the incident and the alert camera crew could be in the house grabbing souvenirs before anyone knew what hit them
The FBI looks like the Keystone Cops!!! The cops looked VERY PROFESSIONAL, but when Obama’s FBI took over, they RUINED the whole thing!
Would the tainting of evidence found there also provide legal cause to challenge any warrants issued on the basis thereof?
That could stop any chain of contacts from being investigated, making this an isolated incident for legal purposes, even if a notebook full of ISIS contacts in the US was laying on the coffee table.
FBI is a BAD JOKE!! VERY BAD JOKE!
Obama has RUINED EVERYTHING he has touched!!
If I were the relatives, my attorney would be filing charges against the landlord and everyone else right now........
RE: “There are only two possibilities here: (1)The FBI are morons or (2)They want to hide information about terrorism “
Not to quibble, but I am pretty sure the FBI and it’s personnel are not morons.
If the FBI released the apartment as a crime scene, wouldn’t it then fall to the authority of the State, then local officials to determine other interests, prior to being released to the next of kin?
Before the public or even the press or even the landlord has the authority to enter the premises, I suspect the owners, now either being the son and his guardians, have property rights which need to be addressed.
I would anticipate the State’s Children Protective Services have an interest to verify the next of kin are not also guilty of the criminal actions committed, before releasing the children to them as next of kin.
That could stop any chain of contacts from being investigated, making this an isolated incident for legal purposes, even if a notebook full of ISIS contacts in the US was laying on the coffee table.
Ha...sounds like the Banghazi playbook in action...
It wasn't because somebody pissed him off at the party. They started the morning knowing they were going to commit a massacre.
They dropped the kid off at grandma's that morning, falsely claiming a doctor's appointment. He left the party, and came back shortly thereafter geared up, and with wife, indicating she was waiting outside with the car containing their stuff.
I thought the grandma LIVED with them....where did they drop the baby off?? THAT is a crime scene if you ask me.
They REFUSED to let anyone near the building with a camera, let alone inside the damn thing. And then, while basically threatening everyone with prosecution to the fullest extent of the law, the bastards razed the entire facility into rubble.
Now, someone please tell me why the fraud at Sandy Hook was so well protected, yet a real terrorist shooting incident like this is so badly botched?
No, but you want fingerprints of the mysterious dudes who were streaming in and out of the place.
I don’t buy that.
If the FBI looks the other way and another massacre happens as a result of their not doing due diligence in this massacre, they will look totally inept at best and corrupt at worse.
I think the FBI found a treasure trove of information and it will take time to investigate it all. Sometimes the strategy is to make those who are complicit think they’re home free because then those people will take chances and make mistakes.
They need an ax in the kitchen to kill pregnant goats and whatnot.
The crime scene as been compromised it has been declared, the narative will be “he was a nice boy with mental problems and his wife was a poor lost girl who was out to find herself”
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