EDIT: The FBI has since corrected themselves and are now treating it as an act of terror.

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The FBI special agent in charge said on a live broadcast a couple of hours ago that it was not terrorism. Maybe she misspoke. Maybe they realized the PR nightmare of that choice. But it is certainly not misinformation

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The fact that PR might play into whether a specific attack is terrorism or not undermines the whole concept.

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Not really. They might have been hesitant to label it as terrorism to prevent a panic. It’s not uncommon for law enforcement to withold details of an ongoing investigation for such reasons, or to not tip off co-conspirators that they’re on to them.

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