Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) mentioned Sunday that the Intelligence Committee will get briefed on the New Orleans assault this coming week.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Kelly, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, mentioned he doesn’t assume the intelligence neighborhood had on their radar Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was recognized as the person shot and killed by police after the lethal New 12 months’s Day assault on Bourbon Road in New Orleans.
Kelly mentioned he hopes to be taught extra at this week’s briefing.
“We often track individuals like this one. I wasn’t aware of him. I don’t think the committee was. The intelligence community seemed to not have this person on their radar, probably because there wasn’t a lot of communications overseas. Or, I think, as far as we know, there wasn’t any,” Kelly mentioned.
“We’re going to get briefed on this this week,” he added.
Kelly mentioned it’s vital to judge whether or not the right measures are in place to forestall related assaults sooner or later.
“Whenever something like this happens, we’ve got to reevaluate: Are we doing the right things? Are we looking in the right places?” Kelly mentioned. “This individual, you know, certainly had some personal problems, as well. The guy in Vegas as well, had some mental health issues. So we’ve got, we’ve got to learn more. We’ve got to work with law enforcement.”
“I applaud law enforcement who has such a hard job, you know, keeping us safe. But after an incident like this, we’re going to have to take a close look at it, make sure the next one doesn’t happen,” he added.
