FBI criticized after reporter videos inside NOLA terror suspect’s home

[Karah Rucker]

A VIDEO OF A JOURNALIST ROAMING INSIDE THE HOUSTON HOME OF THE SUSPECTED NEW ORLEANS TERRORIST WITHIN 37 HOURS OF THE DEADLY CAR PLOW INCIDENT –

IS NOW GARNERING THE ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS.

ONE SENATOR IS SCRUTINIZING THE FBI FOR WHAT she calls AN UNSECURE PERIMETER AROUND THE SUSPECT’S HOME – IN BETWEEN FBI SEARCHES.

AROUND 3 IN THE MORNING NEW YEARS DAY –

AUTHORITIES SAY – Shamsud-Din Jabbar – WAS THE DRIVER OFF THE TRUCK THAT PLOWED THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE ON BOURBON STREET – KILLING 14 AND INJURING DOZENS MORE.

THE MAN WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE.

AS AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE – THEY SAY THE ACT WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS.

THEY SAY HIS TRUCK HAD AN ISIS FLAG ON IT, WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES INSIDE.

AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED HIS LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE AS A HOME IN HOUSTON –

WHERE THE FBI CONDUCTED A RAID WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING – AND SAY THEY DISCOVERED BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS INSIDE THE HOME.

BUT LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS AFTER the FBI LEFT THE SITE –

A NEW YORK POST REPORTER ON SCENE SAYS THE HOUSE WAS LEFT OPEN – AND UNSECURED –

POSTING A VIDEO OF HERSELF DOING A WALKTHROUGH OF THE HOME –

AND DISCOVERING ITEMS LIKE COMPUTERS, A QURAN, AND WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS “A BOMB MAKING STATION” – ALL LEFT BEHIND BY THE FBI IN THEIR INITIAL SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY.

“If we walk through the home we can see some signs of what he was up to.”

THE REPORTER DETAILS WHAT SHE SEES. FROM THE ELECTRONICS. CHEMICALS. WORKING STATIONS. BEDROOM AND KITCHEN ITEMS. AND RELIGIOUS WRITINGS.

THE REPORTER HAS TAKEN HEAT ONLINE FOR ENTERING THE PREMISES OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST.

CRITICISM IS ALSO BEING THROWN AT THE FBIFOR what the journalist described as no perimeters around THE SCENE AFTER IT AGENCY’S INITIAL RAID.

AND NOW – AFTER REPORTERS WERE SEEN RUMMAGING THROUGH THE HOME –

THE FBI CONFIRMED TO SEVERAL NEWS OUTLETS FRIDAY THE AGENCY WAS BACK – CONDUCTING A SECOND VISIT TO THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST’S HOME.

SENATOR MARSHA BLACKBURN CRITICIZING THE FBI’S RESPONSE –

POSTING ON X –

“The fact that a reporter has better intel than the FBI tells us all we need to know.

The FBI has failed its core mission.”

FROM THE BEGINNING –

LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS IN HOUSTON SAY THEY ARRIVED AT THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST’S HOME ON NEW YEARS DAY **BEFORE INVESTIGATORS GOT THERE.

THEN THEY SAW FBI, SWAT VEHICLES, AND THE LOCAL SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ALL ARRIVE ON SCENE.

BY THURSDAY MORNING, THE FIRST SEARCH CLEARED OUT.

THE SECOND SEARCH FRIDAY MORNING WAS REPORTEDLY CLEARED WITHIN HOURS ACCORDING TO KHOU NEWS IN HOUSTON. ITS UNCLEAR WHY AUTHORITIES RETURNED TO THE HOME OR IF THEY TOOK IN MORE EVIDENCE IN THEIR SECOND SEARCH.

AS OF THIS RECORDING – THE FBI HAS NOT COMMENTED ON WHY A JOURNALIST WAS INSIDE THE HOME IN BETWEEN SEARCHES.

WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY –

AND YOU CAN TOO.

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