Prosecutors say Esteban Santiago visited 'Jihadi chat rooms' online [Islamic terror]

LA Times /Sun Sentinel ^ | January 17, 2017 | Paula MCMAHON

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Accused airport shooter Esteban Santiago initially blamed his actions on government mind control but later claimed he had been "on the dark web" communicating in "jihadi chat rooms," with Islamic State terrorists or sympathizers, authorities said in court Tuesday.

... Santiago, 26, practiced firing his weapon at a gun range in Alaska in the months prior to the Friday, Jan. 6 attack at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The semiautomatic handgun Santiago used in the attack was the same weapon that was returned to him by the Anchorage police department in December, agents testified.-snip-

Agents said Santiago was released from psychiatric care in November when doctors said he was "deemed to be stable." Agents said he was not prescribed any psychiatric drugs while he was hospitalized or upon his release, just anti-anxiety medication and melatonin, an herbal supplement people use to help them sleep. -snip-

Santiago is due back in court Jan. 30. He is on suicide watch, in solitary confinement, at the Broward County main jail. -snip-

"... the defendant admitted that he planned the attack," Del Toro said. "He has admitted to all of the facts with respect to the terrible and tragic events of Jan. 6." "At various points ... he said he carried out the attack because of government mind control," Del Toro told the judge. "But he later said he did so because of ISIL ... after participating in jihadi chat rooms."-snip-

If prosecutors formally decide to seek the death penalty for Santiago, that would slow down the case, experts said. U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer and his advisers would have to make an initial decision, which would then be reviewed by a U.S. Department of Justice panel, before a final decision is made by the U.S. Attorney General.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Ok, so let’s obsess over Icon Lewis’ failure to help the lives of his constituents

Oh, wait . . . we’re not even discussing THAT. It’s all about Trump’s “illegitimacy” and “insulting a 59 years ago ‘icon’”

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Make that 18 Florida connections to islamic terrorism for South Florida, including 15 hijackers from 9/11/2001.

South Florida was ground Zero to the planning of the horror of 9/11. Several of the hijackers had lived and schemed in S. Florida.

The lead hijacker Muhammed Atta lived in Delray Beach and rented a plane from a Palm Beach airport.

Hijacker Weeleed Alshehri, 22, rented a room in Boynton Beach, he was on the first plane to strike the World Trade Center.

Several 9/11 hijackers worked out at local Palm Beachgyms; two lived in Deerfield Beach. Five of the terrorists had lived in Delray Beach.

Some of the terrorists took flight training lessons in Vero Beach; they inquired about renting crop duster planes an hour west of Palm Beach.

Two of the hijackers had also lived in Hollywood, Fl, minutes south of the Ft. Lauderdale airport.

It’s a hornet’s nest for terrorists. Someone in the jihadi chat rooms summoned him to attack Ft. Lauderdale.

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Thanks, I sent a message to the moderator to modify the headline.

Of course they should have concrete evidence by now. They have had his laptop for days -acquired back from an Anchorage pawn shop and another laptop from his motel sleeping pod-room.

[The_Media_never_lie]

He has admitted to all of the facts with respect to the terrible and tragic events of Jan. 6.

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These were not tragic events, they were murders.

[politicianslie]

He has admitted to all of the facts with respect to the terrible and tragic events of Jan. 6.

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These were not tragic events, they were murders.

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WHY are Americans surprised that Muslims and their converts kill infidels? It is what they are commanded to do.

The media presstitutes knew weeks ago the scumbag was a Muslim but the presstitutes lied.

[Ray76]

If he was communicating in jihadi chat rooms why not arrest him then? Or was the communication unknown until forensic analysis of his computer(s) or his admission?

[cardinal4]

The obama media did a good job of managing yet another muslim terror attack on US soil. By controlling the narrative, they diluted the coverage with the whole “voices” thing, thus lessening the impact of its true cause; muslim terrorism. This allowed obama to avoid having to admit that his brethren had killed more Americans in the last days (Deo Gratias!) of his usurpation..

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Yes they did provide cover for the fact that he was acting in the name of islam to commit an act of terrorism. That is detrimental to Obama’s legacy- yet another murdering jihadist in America.