Needs to be emphasized: the countless media references to Mateen "declaring allegiance to ISIS" so far come solely from anonymous officials
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And the public record which could allow for independent verification of this characterization is being withheld by law enforcement.
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OK, this is just out: local TV news station says Mateen called them during the shooting and said "I did it for ISIS"http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2016/6/14/orlando_shooting_oma.html …
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Not 100% conclusive, but seems fairly likely the TV station caller was in fact Mateen.pic.twitter.com/Pk1IPs1Bra
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I can make a call from any phone number I want. Do you know if this is the 1st time the station reported this call?
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I don't beyond the time stamp on the posted item.
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