[La Enchiladita]

He tried to flee but was captured along with a backpack that officials said contained spent 9-millimeter shell casings, four bags of ammonium nitrate — an ingredient used in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City — and a notebook with entries referring to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda.

But he "acted alone."

[DesertRhino]

Why is continually referred to as a “Marine reservist”? It’s almost never mentioned that he’s a muslim from ethiopia. That seems to be the motivation thing for him,,,,

if he is got to be thought of as a marine, why is he not “marine traitor”?

[Cicero]

federal prosecutors said the authorities did not believe that the suspect was part of a terrorist network

Sudden Jihad syndrome?

As expected, the NY Times makes no mention of Islam or Muslim. Evidently the whole thing is a complete mystery, and they simply cannot imagine why he would do this.

[apoliticalone]

The media typically omits such information that is factual, but the media perceives as counter to their propaganda role, offensive to some, or politically incorrect.

But they will always editorialize and add that the individual is an angry racist if he is a white Christian, US citizen, heterosexual if they can fit it in the story line.