Thread: The Orlando Terrorist Was A Muslim, A Registered Democrat, Who Targeted Gays

Facebook Deletes Pamela Geller’s ‘Stop Islamization Of America’ Page After Orlando Attack

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by ALLUM BOKHARI12 Jun 20161131

Facebook has deleted “Stop Islamization Of America,” a group with over 50,000 members in the wake of deadly Islamic terror attack in Orlando, Florida.

The page was run by Pamela Geller, the well-known Islam critic and Breitbart contributor who led efforts to stop construction of the Ground Zero Mosque. Geller reported the removal of her Facebook group on Twitter, and called on supporters to politely request its reinstatement in a subsequent post on her personal website.

The timing of the shutdown cannot be ignored. According to Geller, the group has been in operation for six years, since 2010. Yet only now, with concerns about Islam at a height following Omar Mateen’s homophobic, religiously-motivated attack on the Orlando dance club, has the page been taken down.

Facebook isn’t the only platform that appears to be targeting critics of Islam. Reddit is also in the midst of a censorship controversy. Moderators of /r/News, the site’s primary discussion board for breaking news, went on a censorship spree following the Orlando shootings, deleting posts linking the shooter to Islam, as well as hundreds of comments — including one that offered Orlando residents advice on how to donate blood to survivors.

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BOOM! ORLANDO MASSACRE WITNESS REVEALS SOMEONE BLOCKED DOORS, NEWS CUT HIM OFF

Dahboo Catches Witness Talking Of Second Person

Kev BakerJune 12, 2016

BOOM! Mainstream Cut Of Witness That Told Of SOMEONE BLOCKING EXITS During Orlanda Shooting

This was caught Live, On Air! A witness to the Orlando Pulse Night Club Shooting Describes what happened Inside! As he starts to reveal one of the most important details yet, He is cut off and dropped from the broadcast. What they could not cut out tho, is that there was “someone” Holding the Doors, Stopping People from Getting Out!! This is explosive info that proves that the Alleged suspect Did Not Act Alone!

FBI KNEW SUSPECT SINCE 2013!

In the hours after the deadliest shooting in American history, a preliminary sketch of the perpetrator emerged. According to the FBI, he had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State. Reportedly, he had been enraged by seeing gay men in public.

Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man from Florida’s Treasure Coast, killed 50 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, starting at about 2am on Sunday, and was killed by police after a three-hour standoff. Mateen was a US citizen, born in New York to parents who had immigrated from Afghanistan.

The shooting left 53 injured, according to police.

The security firm G4S confirmed in a statement on Sunday that it had employed Mateen since September 2007.

The FBI agent Ron Hopper said on Sunday afternoon that Mateen had a history with the agency. Agents first became aware of Mateen in 2013, after he made inflammatory statements to co-workers about affiliations with a terror group. The FBI interviewed him twice, Hopper said, but could not substantiate any connection to terrorists.

ITS ALL STARTING TO LOOK VERY ORCHESTRATED TO ME!

BOOM! Orlando Massacre Witness Reveals SOMEONE BLOCKED DOORS, News Cut Him Off

Shooter’s father says he’s saddened by massacre, calls gunman ‘a good son’

By Tim Craig, Max Bearak and Lee Powell June 13 at 8:40 AM

KABUL — The father of the Orlando nightclub gunman insists that his son was not motivated by Islamist radical ideology, describing the 29-year-old as a “a good son” who did not appear agitated or angry the day before the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

In two videos — one an interview with The Washington Post in Florida and the other a separate posting to Facebook — Seddique Mateen offered no hints on what could have driven his son Omar Mateen to carry out the carnage early Sunday before police killed him.

During the rampage, Mateen pledged loyalty to the Islamic State in a call to 911. But his father said he did not believe it was a genuine pledge of support.

“I think he just wanted to boast of himself,” the elder Mateen told the Post late Sunday in an interview from his home in Port St. Lucie, Fla. “No radicalism, no. He doesn’t have a beard even . . . I don’t think religion or Islam had anything to do with this.”

[‘He was not a stable person’: Orlando shooter showed signs of emotional trouble]

Seddique Mateen said his son stopped by the day before the rampage and showed no apparent warning signs.

“He was well-behaved. His appearance was perfect,” he said. “I didn’t see any sign of worrying or being upset or nervous.”

He said he planned to travel to Orlando and visit those who were injured or lost loved ones in the shooting at a nightclub popular with the city’s gay community.

“If they’re not ready, I still say to them I’m sorry,” he said. “I’m saddened for their injury or if they lost their dear one.”

But, in a Facebook video posted early Monday, he said: “God himself will punish those involved in homosexuality.”

He had a child and a wife, and was very dignified, meaning he had respect for his parents,” Seddique Mateen wrote, standing in front of the flag of his apparent birthplace, Afghanistan. “I don’t know what caused him to shoot last night.”

Seddique Mateen said his son had access to a pistol through his employer. The Post and other media outlets reported Sunday that Omar Mateen worked as a security guard for G4S, a global security and contracting company.

“I am deeply saddened and announce this to the people of America,” said Seddique Mateen in his Facebook video, noting his son carried out the attack during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Seddique Mateen, speaking in Dari, concluded the video by expressing disbelief that his son took it upon himself to seek retribution against the gay community.

“God himself will punish those involved in homosexuality,” he said. “This, is not for the servants” of God.
In Afghanistan, officials were still trying to piece together the family’s background.

Afghan government officials said they did not know when Seddique Mateen left the country, but noted millions of Afghans fled after it was invaded by the former Soviet Union in 1979.

Omar Mateen, 29, was born in New York but moved with his family to Florida as a child.

But Seddique Mateen appeared to maintain a strong affiliation to Afghanistan, hosting a television show broadcast from California that weighed in on the country’s political affairs.

He also filmed dozens of sparsely viewed, rambling YouTube videos portraying himself as an important Afghan analyst and leader.

In one YouTube video, the elder Mateen expresses gratitude toward the Afghan Taliban, while denouncing the Pakistani government.

[Shifting portraits emerge of shooter as authorities seek clues of terror ties]

“Our brothers in Waziristan, our warrior brothers in [the] Taliban movement and national Afghan Taliban are rising up,” he said. “Inshallah the Durand Line issue will be solved soon.”

The “Durand Line issue” is a historically significant one, particularly for members of the Pashtun ethnic group, whose homeland straddles the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Durand Line is that border.

It is not clear whether the Mateens are Pashtun. The Afghan Taliban is mostly made up of Pashtuns.

The line was drawn as a demarcation of British and Afghan spheres of influence in 1893. The British controlled most of subcontinental Asia at the time, though some parts, including what is now Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan, were only loosely held.

The line was inherited as a border by Pakistan after its independence. Since it splits the Pashtun population politically, it is seen as a cause for their marginalization. Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in most of eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.

Just hours before the Orlando shooting, Seddique Mateen posted a video on a Facebook page called Provisional Government of Afghanistan — Seddique Mateen. In it, he seems to be pretending to be Afghanistan’s president, and orders the arrest of an array of Afghan political figures.

“I order national army, national police and intelligence department to immediately imprison Karzai, Ashraf Ghani, Zalmay Khalilzad, Atmar, and Sayyaf. They are against our countrymen, and against our homeland,” he says, while dressed in army fatigues.

The most recent video on Mateen’s YouTube channel shows him declaring his candidacy for the Afghan presidency. The timing of the video is strange, as it came a year after presidential elections were held in Afghanistan.

Mateen appears incoherent at times in the video, and he jumps abruptly from topic to topic. His use of Dari, instead of Pashto, the language of Pashtuns, was another strange element of his presentation, given that he is discussing issues of Pashtun nationalism.

Shooter Omar Mateen's father says he's saddened by massacre, calls ...

U.S. probes whether gunman in nightclub massacre had help


By Letitia Stein and Jarrett Renshaw
June 13, 2016

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U.S. probes whether gunman in nightclub massacre had help

By Letitia Stein and Jarrett Renshaw

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Monday were investigating whether a gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando and declared his allegiance to Islamic State militants had received any help in carrying out the massacre.

The FBI and other agencies were looking at evidence inside and in the closed-off streets around the Pulse nightclub, where New York-born Omar Mateen perpetrated the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, and the worst attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001.

Mateen, the 29-year-old son of Afghan immigrants, was shot and killed by police who stormed the club early Sunday morning with armored cars after a three-hour siege.

Law enforcement officials were looking for clues as to whether anyone had worked with Mateen on the attack, said Lee Bentley, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.

"There is an investigation of other persons, we are working as diligently as we can on that," Bentley said at a news conference.

"If anyone else was involved in this crime, they will be prosecuted."

Officials stressed they believed there had been no other attackers and had no evidence of a threat to the public.

Mateen's rampage began around 2 a.m. Sunday (0600 GMT) when the club was packed with some 350 revelers. Many fled as the gunman raked the crowd with bullets from an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle and a pistol.

An initial wave of officers charged into the club and trapped Mateen in a bathroom, Orlando Police Chief John Mina told reporters. That action allowed many patrons to flee the club, though others were trapped in the restroom with Mateen, leading to the standoff.

"We were able to save and rescue dozens and dozens of people," Mina said. Police negotiated with Mateen for about three hours before breaking a hole in the wall, which allowed hostages to escape.

Mateen also emerged from the hole and was shot dead by officers, police said.

Officials said on Sunday the death toll was 50. On Monday they clarified that the figure included Mateen. Some 53 people were wounded and 29 remain hospitalized at Orlando Regional Medical Center, the hospital said on Twitter.

'HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING'
By Monday morning, all but one of those killed had been identified and about half the families of the dead had been notified, officials said.
Other family members were desperate for news about their missing loved ones.
Julissa Leal, 18, and her mother drove to the Florida city from Lafayette, Louisiana in search of her brother, 27-year-old Frank Hernandez. They knew he was at the club with his boyfriend, who lost him in the chaos.
"We haven't heard anything, don't know anything," Leal said, fighting back tears. "I'm going to see him again. I'm going to see him again."
Mateen called emergency services during the shooting and pledged allegiance to the leader of the militant Islamic State group, officials said. Mateen's father said his son was not radicalized, but indicated the gunman had strong anti-gay feelings. His ex-wife described him as mentally unstable and violent toward her.
Islamic State reiterated on Monday a claim of responsibility. "One of the Caliphate's soldiers in America carried out a security invasion where he was able to enter a crusader gathering at a nightclub for homosexuals in Orlando," the group said in a broadcast on its Albayan Radio
The group's claim of responsibility does not mean it directed the attack, as it offered nothing to indicate coordination with the gunman.


CANDIDATES DEBATE RESPONSE
President Barack Obama denounced the attack as an act of terror and hate and said on Monday that the gunman seemed to have been inspired by extremist ideas.
"It appears that the shooter was inspired by various extremist information that was disseminated over the internet," Obama told reporters at the White House. "It does appear that at the last minute he announced allegiance to ISIL (Islamic State), but there is no direct evidence so far that he was directed."
The attack reignited the debate over how best to confront violent Islamist militancy, and immediately became a sharp point of disagreement in the campaign for the Nov. 8 presidential election.

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, speaking on MSNBC, said the United States should walk a fine line in bolstering security without demonizing Muslims, and also called for tougher gun safety measures.
Trump, in interviews with CNN and Fox News, criticized the U.S. Muslim population for not reporting suspicions to authorities, and reiterated his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
The carnage early on Sunday occurred in the heart of Orlando, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of the Walt Disney World Resort. The city is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States, drawing some 62 million visitors a year.


FATHER 'WOULD HAVE ARRESTED' SON
Mateen was an armed guard at a gated retirement community, and had worked for the global security firm G4S for nine years. He had cleared two company background screenings, the latest in 2013, according to G4S..
Despite his 911 call expressing support for Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Sunday they had no conclusive evidence of any direct connection with foreign extremists.
Mateen’s father, Seddique Mir Mateen, told reporters on Monday that he was angered by his son’s actions.
"I am sorry," the father said. "If I did know, 1 percent, that he was committing such a crime myself, I would have arrested him myself, I would have called FBI."
In an earlier interview with NBC news, the father described an incident in downtown Miami in which his son became angry after seeing two men kissing in front of his wife and child.
Another male relative, who asked that his name not be used, said in an interview the family was still grappling with the news.
"We are all mad at Omar," the relative said, adding that Mateen's young son "is asking about his father all the time. We don't want to lie to him, but we also don't want to tell him the truth."
Mateen's former wife, Sitora Yusufiy, told reporters near Boulder, Colorado, that she had been beaten by Mateen during angry outbursts in which he would "express hatred towards everything".
Authorities said on Sunday that Mateen had been twice questioned by FBI agents in 2013 and 2014 after making comments to co-workers about supporting militant groups, but neither interview led to evidence of criminal activity.
Mateen visited Saudi Arabia in 2011 and 2012 for religious pilgrimages, a government spokesman said on Monday.


HOMEGROWN ATTACKS
Sunday's attack underlined the inherent difficulties of providing security at open public events.
"We are determined to continue living in an open and tolerant way even if such murderous attacks plunge us into deep mourning," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to China, as condolences poured in from around the world.
The attack came six months after a married couple in California - a U.S.-born son of Pakistani immigrants and a Pakistani-born woman he married in Saudi Arabia - killed 14 people at an office holiday party in San Bernardino. The couple, who were inspired by Islamic State, died in a shootout with police hours after the mass shooting.
The most deadly attack on U.S. soil inspired by violent Islamist militancy was on Sept. 11, 2001, when al Qaeda-trained hijackers crashed jetliners into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing some 3,000 people.

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This family needs to be deported back to their "homeland".

Orlando shooter was armed guard at the PGA Village golf club in Port St. Lucie, FL.

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was gay, former classmate says

10:43 p.m. Monday, June 13, 2016 |

A former classmate of Omar Mateen’s 2006 police academy class said he believed Mateen was gay, saying Mateen once asked him out.

Officials say Mateen shot and killed 49 people and injured 53 others at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning.

The classmate said that he, Mateen and other classmates would hang out, sometimes going to gay nightclubs, after classes at the Indian River Community College police academy.

He said Mateen asked him out romantically.

“We went to a few gay bars with him, and I was not out at the time, so I declined his offer,” the former classmate said. He asked that his name not be used.He believed Mateen was gay, but not open about it.

Mateen was awkward, and for a while the classmate and the rest in the group of friends felt sorry for him.

“He just wanted to fit in and no one liked him,” he said. “He was always socially awkward.”

In Orlando, the Los Angeles Times reported that Mateen attended the Pulse nightclub possibly as many as a dozen times before the rampage.

Kevin West said he had messaged Mateen back and forth over a year’s time on the gay dating app Jack’d but never met him until he saw Mateen crossing the street about 1 a.m. Sunday.

“He walked directly past me. I said, ‘Hey,’ and he turned and said, ‘Hey,’” and nodded his head, West said. “I could tell by the eyes.”

At least four regular customers of Pulse, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender nightclub where the massacre took place, told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday that they believed they had seen Mateen there before.“

Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times he would get so drunk he was loud and belligerent,” said Ty Smith, who also uses the name Aries.

He saw Mateen at the club at least a dozen times, he told the Sentinel. “We didn’t really talk to him a lot, but I remember him saying things about his dad at times,” Smith said.

“He told us he had a wife and child.”The Canadian Press reported Monday that Mateen had been seen there over three years.

Chris Callen recalled the eventual killer being escorted drunk from the Pulse bar on multiple occasions, including one incident where he pointed a knife at a friend.

Said Callen, who performs under the name Kristina McLaughlin, “He’s been going to this bar for at least three years.”

Mateen’s father emphatically told The Post Monday that his son was not gay.“If he was gay, why would he do something like this?” Seddique Mateen asked.

The former classmate said the group, including Mateen, went to four gay clubs in the Treasure Coast and West Palm Beach in 2006: Kashmir Night Club in West Palm Beach, Byrd Cage in Port St. Lucie, Cold Keg in Melbourne and Rebar in Port St. Lucie.All but Cold Keg have since closed, and the owner there said he hadn’t seen Mateen.Neither had one of the former owners of Kashmir, who said none of his former employees have reached out to him, either.

Rebar closed in February and became Tattle Tails.

The owner of Tattle Tails, Johnscott Willett, said Monday that he did not recognize Mateen.

Willett said he worked for nine years at Rebar and didn’t recognize him from his time there, either.

He said St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputies visited the club on Sunday and asked if he recognized Mateen.After hearing that Mateen had shot up the nightclub, he said he felt angry, then betrayed.

He said Mateen graduated from the academy.

Mateen never became an officer in Florida.

18 Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was gay, former classmate says

Originally Posted by Beezer

This family needs to be deported back to their "homeland".

Yes but after paying the damages of the son

‘You Kill People!’: NYC Police Commissioner Shouted Down By Angry Crowd at Vigil For Orlando Victims

Jun. 13, 2016 11:20pm Kaitlyn Schallhorn

NEW YORK – New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton addressed the thousands gathered in honor of the 49 people who lost their lives in an Orlando terrorist attack over the weekend – but his message wasn’t well heard or received.

Alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and First Lady Chirlane McCray, Bratton addressed the New Yorkers gathered at the vigil for those who died when a gunman went on a shooting rampage at Pulse, a popular gay Orlando nightclub, early Sunday morning. Yet his presence at the vigil held outside the historic Stonewall Inn located in Greenwich Village was deemed an “insult” by several LGBT activists and allies.

“You kill people,” many people gathered at Monday’s vigil shouted at Bratton while others simply booed the police commissioner.

Other members of the crowd broke out into chants of “end police brutality,” “go home,” and “say their names.” One man hung from a street sign above the crowd to shake his fist at Bratton.

One LGBT ally, who asked not to be named, told TheBlaze he was present during the 1969 Stonewall riots and protests and slammed the “political” nature of Monday’s vigil.

“It’s an insult to put Bill Bratton on stage at this gathering,” the man said, adding that he would not have attended the vigil had he known de Blasio and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) were going to give “political speeches.”

“If I wanted to see white male privilege, I could have stayed at home. If I wanted to see white male privilege, I could attend a Passover dinner,” the New Yorker, with dark sunglasses still on his face despite the evening sky, asserted. “To see it turned into a political rally is an insult to me. I revile these people. It’s an emotional time, and I didn’t expect to see a cheer rally for the governor, the mayor and the city council.”

Another vigil attendee shared a similar feeling, telling TheBlaze she would not have “dealt with the massive crowd” had she known de Blasio or Bratton would be there. The attendee also declined to be named.

While Bratton’s message wasn’t easily heard over the roaring and frustrated crowd, it was one that ironically called for togetherness and compassion.

“What we need in the United States is not violence but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another,” Bratton said.

Bratton overwhelmingly drew the most wrath from the frustrated crowd, but de Blasio didn’t escape completely unscathed, either.

“We believe that love and understanding is the way forward for this earth. And we show it in New York City. That is why I say to Latino New Yorkers, ‘We stand with you and we will protect you.’ That is why I say to
LGBT New Yorkers, ‘We stand with you and we will protect you,’” de Blasio said as he was met with both applause and cries of “bulls***.”

Aside from New York politicians, a few celebrities made surprise appearances to address those at the gathering including musician Nick Jonas and actor Tituss Burgess.

‘You Kill People!’: NYC Police Commissioner Shouted Down By Angry Crowd at Vigil For Orlando Victims

Omar Mateen's brother-in-law REFUSES to say if he knew about terror plot as it is revealed gunman sold him the deed to his $165k home just two months before club massacre - for only $100

• Mustafa Abasin, 43, refused to comment when asked if he knew about his brother-in-law Omar Mateen's attack ahead of time
  
• He would also not respond to questions about why his brother-in-law signed over the deed on his Florida home to him for $100
• Mateen, his father Seddique and his sister Mary purchased the Port St. Lucie home together in September 2013
• Seddique signed over his deed to the home to his son-in-law and daughter Sabrina in February for $100
• Mary and her brother then signed over their deeds to the home in April, just two months before the terror attack
• The home is worth an estimated $165,000 and Mateen, Seddique and Mary borrowed $76,000 to pay for the home
• Mateen and wife Noor Salman were living in a Fort Pierce apartment at the time of the attack that is owned by his brother-in-law and sister

By Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com and Laura Collins In Port St. Lucie, Florida For Dailymail.com

The brother-in-law of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen has refused to deny that he knew about the shooter's plans to commit a massacre at Pulse nightclub.

When asked directly by DailyMail.com whether he knew of Mateen's intentions Mustafa Abasin, 43, refused to comment, saying he could not talk.
Standing at the front door of the Port St Lucie home, which he shares with wife Sabrina, 31, Abasin similarly refused to respond to questions regarding the land deal between himself and Mateen, 29, that saw the terrorist transfer the deeds to his Fort Pierce for just $100.

The property is worth an estimated $165,000.

The bizarre real estate transaction took place one month before Mateen's June 12 attack that left 49 dead and 53 wounded.



Keeping quiet: Mustafa Abasin (above) refused to comment when asked if he knew about his brother-in-law Omar Mateen's attack ahead of time

Nothing to say: He would also not respond to questions about why his brother-in-law signed over the deed on his Florida home to him for $10



Home sweet home: Mateen, his father Seddique and his sister Mary purchased the Port St. Lucie home (above) together in September 2013


Asked by DailyMail.com, if he could explain why Mateen sold him his home for just $100 he said he could not comment.

When DailyMail.com put it to him that there was a suggestion that this meant he knew about his plans for the shooting ahead of time and asked, 'Did you know?'
He said, 'I will not comment, I will not comment.'

When asked if he had been questioned by the FBI and if he was helping them with their investigation he refused to comment.


On April 5, Mateen signed a Quit Claim Deed transferring his ownership in a Port St. Lucie residence to his sister and brother-in-law, Mustafa and Sabrina Abasin. They paid him $100 for the home according to city records.



Mateen's sister Sabrina (above)

One of the individuals who signed off as a witness to this sudden transfer was Noor Salman, Mateen's wife. The other witness was Mateen's sister Miriam 'Mary' Seddique.

Three weeks after signing his deed over to his brother-in-law, Mateen took a trip to Walt Disney World to scout out possible sites for the attack according to law enforcement officials.

He also brought Salman with him for that trip.
The Port St. Lucie home that Mateen, 29, gave to the Abasins is worth approximately $165,000, and he owns a third of the property. So it is unclear why Mateen would be willing to sign it over so suddenly and for no money.

It is a 1,740-square-foot residence with three bedrooms and two bathrooms on 10,000 square feet of land.

Furthermore, mortgage records show that in September 2013, less than three years ago, Mateen borrowed $76,000 from Seacoast National Bank to purchase the home along with two other family members.

His father Seddique and sister Mary also signed as borrowers.

Salman, 30, was named in the Mortgage as well but only as being the wife to Mateen, and she did not sign the document.

The Warranty Deed to the home was also signed by Mateen, his father Seddique and his sister Miriam. Salman's name is not on any of the documents.

Seddique also signed over his deed to the property in February of this year to the his daughter and son-in-law, and like his son only charged $100 according to the Quit Claim Deed and city records.

Mateen's sister Mary did the same too in April, giving the Abasins full ownership of the home.

The family has a sizable real estate portfolio city records show, with Mateen the only family member who did not own multiple properties. Many of the homes they purchased were bought with at least one other family member.

Mateen meanwhile was living in an apartment in Fort Pierce that was owned by his sister Sabrina and brother-in-law.



Losing money: The Port St. Lucie home is worth an estimated $165,000 and Mateen, Seddique and Mary borrowed $76,000 to pay for the home (Mateen with Salman and their son)


It was revealed on Thursday that Salman called her husband a little after 2am when his mother contacted her and said she was concerned about his whereabouts, a law enforcement official working on the investigation told CNN.

Mateen, who was just starting his brutal massacre at that time, did not answer, so at 2.30am Salman texted: 'Where are you?'

At that point Mateen responded, telling his wife: 'Do you see what's happening?'

When she replied back to that by texting 'no' he wrote: 'I love you babe.'

There were no text messages exchanged between the two after that, though Salman did call her husband again a few hours later during his standoff with police. He did not answer his phone.

It was also revealed on Friday that Mateen may have given his wife access to bank accounts and taken out life insurance policies in the past few weeks.

Investigators on the case are not revealing if Salman called authorities or 911 at any point during the shooting to identify her husband as the gunman, and the answer to that question could go a long way in explaining just how much she knew about the attack.

The FBI and federal prosecutors meanwhile are planning to bring evidence about Salman's role in the shooting in front of a grand jury to get her indicted on at least two criminal charges for her role in the attack - which could possibly include multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for each of her husband's victims.



Digs: Mateen and wife Noor Salman were living in a Fort Pierce apartment (above) at the time of the attack that is owned by his brother-in-law and sister



Dad: Patriarch Seddique's home (above) is on the same road as the home he previously owned and then deeded to his daughter and son-in-law



One more: Sister Mariam has multiple properties, but stays in this Fort Pierce home (above)


An FBI source told Fox News that a panel has already been put together to target Salman, who could be facing any possible number of charges.

That source also stated that Salman could ultimately be charged with 49 counts of murder and 53 counts of attempted murder for her role in the shooting, which the FBI has declared was both a terrorist attack and a hate crime.

If investigators find proof that she scouted out Pulse nightclub or went to purchase ammunition or firearms with her husband knowing about his plans, then under federal law she would be just as guilty of her husband's crimes.

Investigators have reportedly obtained surveillance footage showing Salman buying ammunition with Mateen days before the attack.

There are also reports claiming she told law enforcement that she drove her husband to Walt Disney World and Pulse nightclub to scout out locations.

It is unclear though just how much she may have known about her husband's plans, with the FBI and investigators on the case keeping quiet when it comes to that question.

John Malcolm, director of the Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, said that other possible charges Salman could face include aiding and abetting, being a co-conspirator, or making false statements to federal investigators.

(2 short vdieos at link - 1 of wife confronted by news as she hides in car & 1 of mateen's work documentary video 2012)

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