Records: Undercover FBI agent was near gunmen before attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest.

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[quote]PHOENIX (AP) — An undercover FBI agent who was investigating terrorism was driving past two Arizona men just before they opened fire outside a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas in 2015, court records show, raising questions about whether authorities could have done more to stop the attack.

Kareem wasn't at the event in Garland, Texas, but the FBI was. Court records also show that the unidentified FBI agent was in contact with one of the gunmen days before the attack. In one social media exchange, the officer told Simpson, in a bid to keep the conversation going, "Tear up Texas." The two attackers were killed in a shootout with police assigned to patrol the event, and a security guard was wounded.

The fact that there was an FBI agent at the contest in Texas who was in contact with Simpson has drawn criticism from Kareem's lawyer and the security guard's lawyer. They say the government has not been forthcoming about the agent's role in the plot and have questions why the agency didn't break up the plot.

"We are convinced that there is much more to this story than the FBI has admitted ," said Trenton Roberts, an attorney for security guard Bruce Joiner.

The FBI declined to comment on whether the agency believed beforehand that Simpson and Soofi would launch an attack and on Kareem's claim that the agent's presence wasn't revealed to avoid embarrassment. The Garland Police Department also declined to comment.

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[quote]Daniel Maynard, an attorney for Kareem, said in court records that the government hasn't explained the agent's presence at the contest. Maynard said the agent did little to stop the attack, according to court records.[/quote]

I'm not sure what one guy could do against two armed people in body armor, but is the lawyer for the mastermind saying it's their fault it happened?

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[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;51805385]I'm not sure what one guy could do against two armed people in body armor, but is the lawyer for the mastermind saying it's their fault it happened?[/QUOTE]

I believe thinks that if the agent had information on the attack that they should've relayed information back to the FBI to prevent the attack, and thus prevent the injury to his client. Also that the agent probably should not have posted "Tear Up Texas" to keep the conversation going, such encouragement could induce an attack and seems irresponsible if there wasn't any FBI response prepared to prevent this attack.