While both focussed on scoring political points, neither sought to tackle the phenomenon of mounting lone wolf attacks. Significantly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had interviewed Mateen twice but found no evidence of any terror links. The toxic forces of global jihadist terror, lax gun control laws and pernicious homophobia converged on Sunday night at a gay club in Orlando, Florida. Without overreach that would amount to curbing civil liberties, the U.S. surveillance and security apparatus would have to respond with a higher level of creativity to deal with lone wolf strikes. On Sunday, Mateen said on a call he made to the 911 emergency line that he swore allegiance to IS.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2016 18:56 UTC