Beau of The Fifth Column

It was Biden's asylum policy's fault.

And then finally, it was Afghans in general.

Then you said they still don't have the story right, but didn't expand on that.

It was an out of place line.

Now I'm reading the news and the suspect is a guy linked to a CIA operation in Afghanistan who is just a textbook case of PTSD.

And even the Trump administration is admitting it wasn't a vetting issue.

I know you can't really say, but how did you know this was going to end up being the story?

Okay.

So just a quick fill in on some details.

there are records of mental health issues going back as far as early 2023.

It's also being suggested that at least one of the main stressors was the death of one of his colleagues from the CIA-backed program after he was denied asylum.

After all of the rhetoric about too many people being granted asylum, it looks like it might have been a denial that served as at least part of the catalyst.

There's also information about financial stress.

And there's a lot more information that will come out.

And this is still subject to change.

But it's looking more and more like a PTSD case.

Okay, so the core question.

How did we know this was going to end up being the story?

We didn't.

We knew of his links at the time and might have known about the death of his colleague, but we didn't know about the years of mental health challenges.