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Why Did the FBI Violate Protocol and Launch SWAT Assault After All Hostages Escaped?

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Let me make it clear up front that I have no problem with killing a terrorist. But the death of Malik Akram, who had been holding four  hostages at a synagogue north of Dallas, does not make  sense. The FBI Hostage Rescue Team  did not  follow the standard operating procedure for conducting an assault.

I have more than 35 years experience with counter-terrorism and police training. I was the Deputy Director  of the Anti-Terrorism Assistance Training Program when I  was at the Department of State. There is a checklist that  SWAT teams follow in  evaluating a threat and deciding on a course of action.

When you have a hostage incident the prime  objective is to end the situation peacefully with no harm to the hostages.

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