<div dir="ltr">Wow, you mean that the same group that after three separate investigations over the course of several years couldn't determine that Mr. Walking Red Flag wasn't a potential risk for terrorism?<div><br></div><div>Considering how protecting the feelings of various "specialty constituencies" reigns supreme throughout the justice department, I'll be quite surprised if the determination isn't made that the murderer was a white, right wing Christian when all is said and done.</div><div><br></div><div>So, informative? No. Suprising? No. Enough to settle the question for folks with an interest in seeing that various protected groups are never associated with negative publicity? Without a doubt.</div><div><br></div><div>g</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 1:43 PM, ngier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emailthis@ms3.lga2.nytimes.com" target="_blank">emailthis@ms3.lga2.nytimes.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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