He probably wanted to ensure that if the massacre had been related to the radical Islamic terrorism, the investigators, Heaven forbid, would not disclose it to the public.

From the title. The full quotation : "President Barack Obama was briefed on the attack and asked for regular updates on the investigation,"

because really given the way in which the Orlando police behaved it is a question that needs to be asked.

In Tel Aviv 2 terrorist with modified Carl Gustav-style guns murder 4 and injure 3. In Orlando 1 terrorist with an AR-15 and other guns murders 50 and injures 53. Is the difference the weapon used? Or is the difference: a. Israeli Gun Laws vs. USA Gun Laws b. Israeli civilian preparedness: In videos the Tel Avivians are seen running and going for cover but there are also those who throw tables and chairs at the terrorists. One terrorist is taken down by a security guard. Think for a minute the Orlando perpetrator kept going in and out of the Pulse Nightclub, and to get off over 150 rounds he had to change clips what 5-6 times? There was no citizen or police officer armed and ready to attempt taking the terrorist down while he changed clips? So why do Americans need assault weapons when it seems that the only ones using them are criminals, mentally unstable white men and terrorists? Here again as with every other incident of this type in the USA it is the police, swat teams, or FBI who take out the perpetrator(s) and not armed good citizens. What is every single American singing the virtues of their 2nd Amendment Right missing?

In 1890, over 200 Americans civilians were slaughtered at the Wounded Knee reservation by the US government. The AR-15 weapon used in Florida were specifically designed to kill mass numbers of people in combat. And new facts in - The shooter, Mateen was born in New York, just like Donald Trump. He aspired once to be a New York cop. And the store where he bought the weapons legally was run by a retired New York Cop. Unlike Honolulu, Manhattan is not in Kenya.

helps prevent invasions by Russia/China/others other than secretly since if they tried to attack the US directly, street by street, they would meet resistance. The reason Japan did not attack the mainland USA in WWII is because as a young man Emperor Hirohito visited the USA and knew most people were armed. Invading an armed country is far more difficult than invading slave-land with no defensive weapons other than knives and sticks and rocks.