ISIS STAKES ITS CLAIM – AT 9:14 A.M. ET:   Britain, unlike the Obama administration here, is not holding back on declaring who the culprits are here.  From the Daily Mail:

ISIS has today claimed responsibility for the Westminster attack which left four dead and dozens injured.

The terror group said a 'soldier of the Islamic State' carried out the atrocity in which a British-born 'lone-wolf' ploughed a car through crowds near Parliament yesterday afternoon.

A statement by the ISIS news agency Amaq said: 'The perpetrator of the attacks yesterday in front of the British parliament in London is an Islamic State soldier and he carried out the operation in response to calls to target citizens of the coalition.'

But it gave no name or other details and it was not clear whether the attacker was directly connected to the group.

The carnage was unleashed on the same day Brussels was marking the anniversary of a wave of ISIS suicide bombings that killed 32 people.

Yesterday's attacker, described by witnesses as 'Asian and in his forties', has not been named by police while investigations continue into any possible associates.

COMMENT:  The prime minister, Theresa May, has now said that the perpetrator had been investigated years earlier for possible terrorist connections.  Clearly, he fell between the cracks.  This is a recurring story.  A number of terrorist acts have been committed by individuals who'd been on someone's radar screen. 

March 23, 2017