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| Noor Salman, wife of Orlando bomber, now jugged by FBI | |
| 2017-01-16 | |
| WASHINGTON — The wife of the man who carried out a deadly terrorist attack in Orlando, Fla., has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting, a law enforcement official said Monday. The woman, Noor Salman, was taken into custody by F.B.I. agents at her home outside of San Francisco. Prosecutors had been weighing charges against her in the aftermath of the attack that killed 49 people and wounded dozens. A person familiar with details of the arrest said Ms. Salman was charged with obstruction. Ms. Salman’s husband, Omar Mateen, was killed in a shootout with police during the rampage in a gay club on June 12, 2016.
She is expected to make an initial appearance on Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 "Healthy wood", heh. +1 TW |
| Posted by: KBK 2017-01-16 21:45 |
| #8 The Daily Mail article on the subject, updated last at 5:23 p.m. ET, says she is being charged with providing material assistance and aiding & abetting in addition to obstruction. Discussion at Instapundit brought out the idea that at the lower levels of the FBI they are no longer willing to be bound by President Obama's strictures, and jumped the gun, expecting President Trump won't disapprove. Here's hoping that is what happened, that there is healthy wood under the rot. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-16 20:34 |
| #7 The timing is... interesting. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-16 18:51 |
| #6 This is the gal that went "missing"? Getting hard to keep all the lone/known-wolf attacks straight. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-01-16 18:43 |
| #5 It would be another nail in the intelligence community's coffin if she were picked up for cause after President Trump's man reviewed the evidence next week. "Obstruction" sounds innocuous enough, not at all like abetting jihad. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-16 16:26 |
| #4 A person familiar with details of the arrest said Ms. Salman was charged with obstruction. Wow! I just had a fadeout flash of this happening to Billery. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-16 16:00 |
| #3 Raj, please tell me you were being sarcastic. You have to be, right? /sarc |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-16 15:44 |
| #2 Well, that was quick! |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-16 13:42 |
| #1 A Sanctuary City, just not the kind of sanctuary she was looking for. It's amazing how many homes some people have. And in very pricey San Fran, too. Follow da money. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-01-16 13:42 |