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   Is there proof in the video that the shooter was NOT affiliated in any way   
   with terrorist groups in the middle east or Afghanistan?   
   I think so.   
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   Ottawa Citizen - February 24, 2015 5:00 PM   
      
      
   Senate committee will ask RCMP to show Michael Zehaf-Bibeau video   
      
      
   The Senate’s national security committee is asking the RCMP to make public a   
   video that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau reportedly recorded before the Oct. 22   
   shootings in Ottawa.   
      
   Committee chairman Sen. Daniel Lang told senators this week he will draft a   
   letter to RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson, asking the top Mountie to release the   
   video Zehaf-Bibeau made before he killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National   
   War Memorial, then died in a shootout inside the Centre Block.   
      
   MPs on the House of Commons’ public safety committee made the same request on   
   Feb. 17.   
      
   The Commons committee also wants Paulson to release the video at his “earliest   
   convenience,” and speak to the committee about the investigation. Lang is   
   asking for the video to be released when the RCMP investigation into   
   Zehaf-Bibeau was over.   
      
   “Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau applied for a visa to go to Libya just weeks before and was   
   denied. Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau had taken a tour of Parliament Hill prior to the   
   attack, and he also went out to obtain a rifle just days before the attack.   
   His name was also found on a computer of a known terrorist,” Lang said Monday.   
      
   “Given what we know, I would like to advise the committee that I’ll be writing   
   to the commissioner to have the video released as soon as the investigation by   
   the RCMP has concluded.”   
      
   As of Tuesday evening, Lang’s office said the letter has yet to be sent to the   
   RCMP. The force had no public response to Lang’s comments.   
      
   Paulson had told the Senate committee on Oct. 27 that he wanted to make the   
   video public. The Mounties have given no reason for withholding the video from   
   release, but some senators on the committee told the Citizen last week they   
   want to see the video, or hear why it can’t be released.   
      
   The video may answer some questions about Zehaf-Bibeau, including his motives,   
   whether he acted alone, or whether he had connections to known terrorist   
   groups.   
      
   The move comes as senators debate giving the RCMP control of protecting   
   Parliament Hill. The Conservative majority in the Senate has limited debate on   
   the motion, with a final vote expected either Thursday or the week of March 9.   
      
   The government has argued that communications problems plagued security forces   
   on the day of the shooting.   
      
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