"Known Wolf Syndrome:" The Problem Isn't Connecting the Dots So Much as It's Arresting the Dots

"Known Wolf Syndrome"

With the hostage situation resolved... this seems to be yet another case of what I termed here at PJ Media several weeks ago as "Known Wolf Syndrome."

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Monis came to Australia in 1996 from Iran and his immigration status was that of political refugee. He has since had other well-known run-ins with law enforcement. In 2009, he sent a series of hate messages, which he deemed as "flowers of advice," to the families of Australian military members who had been killed in action. He likened their deaths to the deaths of Hitler's soldiers, as well as to families of Australian victims of international terrorism attacks. He was given 300 hours of community service.

In another case, Monis was charged with 50 counts of sexual assault, where it was claimed that he lured victims in and assaulted them claiming it was a "spiritual healing technique."

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Yet again, we have a case in the West in which a domestic terrorist was well-known to law enforcement authorities and yet action sufficient to prevent the tragedy at hand was never taken despite the opportunity to do so (in this instance, he was out on bail).

posted by Ace at 01:44 PM

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