In the years before Omar Mateen entered the Orlando nightclub where he gunned down 49 people,the FBI had investigated him twice. Because Mateen didn't occupy consequential ties to terrorist groups, the bureau closed his file. But when someone's behavior raises red flags -- even though they might not be breaking the law -- what can be done? factual now, and there's a troubling dead end. Matthew Levitt, director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute, says the FBI can't prevent attacks like Orlando on its own. He talks with Deb about the need for the FBI to partner with community-driven initiatives, or from mental health support to mentoring from devout leaders,to intervene in cases like Mateen's long before these individuals snap.
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