A message to the FBI and Homeland Security about the Orlando massacre:

The Orlando Massacre --  what the government is doing wrong:

There are lots of things we don't know.  There are lots of things we probably need to do, and change -- and that includes what police and mental health officials can do where an individual is suspected of planning or espousing terrorist or other serious dangerous acts.  But -- there's one thing that should be crystal clear, that has evaded the policies and practices of both the FBI and Homeland Security.  Let me explain:

The FBI said they had investigated Omar Mateen three times in years before the Orlando massacre for being a radical Islamist, but had found nothing  that would justify a legal response, and therefore they dropped it, and their surveillance.

To me,   that's a major  problem in surveillance and preventive  philosophy!

People don't just snap at once. They develop, and build to that over time. Over time, they become more radicalized. Over time, they eventually begin to plan. Only then -- do they act!  In other words, whatever you see now that alerts you -- it's not gonna get better.  It all TAKES TIME!

So, while we don't have all the answers now -- there is one thing the FBI and Homeland Security need to take out of this latest tragedy: Once they have somebody on the radar screen -- they need to keep that person on the radar screen with the knowledge that sooner or later . . . if any of their initial suspicions were correct -- the suspect's hate and instability will grow and develop . . . and their planning will become more real and precise. Whether that be nut job or terrorist -- that's how it works.  

I guess the answer the government would give is:  we don't have the resources!   And, maybe that's true.  But, with so many brilliant minds out in Silicon Valley and elsewhere -- you'd think somebody could come up with something.   And by the way -- just like Trump says:  maybe if the folks inside did have guns, Mateen could have been stopped earlier?  Restricting CWL holders from carrying almost anywhere -- makes no sense!   It isn't the CWL holders we have to be afraid of.