Senate panel grills FBI over ignored tips ahead of Parkland shooting

By Christen Smith

Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Thomas Brandon (left), Acting Deputy FBI Director David Bowdich and U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center head Lina Alathari are sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A panel of senators grilled federal law enforcement agencies this week over repeated systemic failures leading up to the massacre in Parkland, Florida last month.
Senate Judiciary Committee Majority Chairman Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, kicked off the nearly four hour hearing Wednesday vowing to “hold government accountable for its failures” and promote legislation strengthening existing gun laws to prevent future attacks — like the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead and 15 wounded.
“At all levels, law enforcement must explain what went wrong, why it went wrong, and what steps it is taking to make sure these failures never happen again,” Grassley said. “And we must determine the best, evidence-based approach to improving school safety.”
Grassley described the timeline of events unfolding in the months prior to the shooting as “disturbing,” after state and federal officials failed multiple times to intervene, despite mounting evidence of the 19-year-old

Source: Guns.com