Without training, direction, or support by a foreign terrorist organization, the Orlando assailant... carried out the deadliest shooting in American history.
Bennie Thompson: “Without training, direction, or support by a foreign terrorist organization, the Orlando assailant... carried out the…”
On the recordJuly 13, 2016
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Highlights the Orlando shooter's independent radicalization and the severity of the attack.
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