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FBI Tracked Orlando Killer Omar Mateen and Came Up Empty

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Federal investigators had a ‘reasonable suspicion’ Omar Mateen was tied to terrorism—and followed him for nearly a year. But the trail ultimately went cold.

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Three years before he killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Omar Mateen was under investigation for 10 months by the FBI, which suspected that he might have ties to terrorism.

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