By then, the name Comey was refusing to say had already been known for nearly 24 hours: Omar Mateen. It was also the latest turn in a renewed debate about the way politicians talk about this issue. When FBI Director James Comey discussed on national television the massacre at an Orlando nightclub, he made an off-the-cuff policy decision not to speak the gunman's name. Other officials quickly followed Comey's lead, with Trump vowing never to use Mateen's name, and Obama never mentioning it. "You will notice that I am not using the killer's name, and I will try not to do that," Comey said during the live news conference.

Source: ABC News June 28, 2016 07:30 UTC