Questions are being asked after a reporter from the New York Post seems to have walked right into the Houston house of the Bourbon Street terrorist, identified as ISIS-aligned Samshud-Din Jabbar, where possible evidence was on display and easily accessed. This is after the FBI supposedly went through the house and obtained everything they needed for their investigation. 

There's just one thing, though. Reporter Jennie Taer, who accessed the unsecured house on Thursday, saw several items that looked like potential evidence, including chemicals, religious books and a Quran opened to a specific passage. The FBI's search warrant and a list of evidence collected were sitting on the kitchen counter.

EXCLUSIVE TOUR of the NOLA terrorists home—-

where we found a bomb-making station and a Quran open to a chilling passage about martyrdom @nyposthttps://t.co/LKV7npCOE5 pic.twitter.com/a1znIURjyM

— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) January 2, 2025

Taer recounted what she saw as she and a cameraman moved freely around the terrorist's home:

Jabbar’s north Houston home was filled with chemical residue and chemical bottles, while an inventory of items seized by the FBI — left behind by investigators who raided his house on Wednesday — included a long list of compounds used in bomb-making.

His Quran was propped atop a bookshelf, a centerpiece in his living room, and open to a passage reading, “they fight in Allah’s cause, and slay and are slain; a promise binding…”

Taer posted her video to X early on Thursday evening, prompting questions about how she got access to the house to come in hot and fast from curious users. The main questions centered on why the FBI didn't secure the house a mere 36 hours after the terrorist act took place and why so much evidence was left where anyone could access it.

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Fox News sent a reporter to the house Friday morning and she discovered it was still wide open and anyone could wander in. While she was there, local law enforcement from Harris County shut down the street in preparation for the arrival of a bomb squad. This, again, is after the general public had ample opportunity to go through the house, contaminate the scene, and walk off with potentially important evidence.

#BREAKING: Deputies just closed down the street in north Harris County where Shamsud-Din Jabbar was living. A source tells me HCSO bomb squad is on the way to collect evidence. This comes days later, when the door was left open and people were inside the home taking pictures and… pic.twitter.com/gWUP4mZyFc

— Brooke Taylor (@Brooketaylortv) January 3, 2025

#BREAKING: Deputies just closed down the street in north Harris County where Shamsud-Din Jabbar was living. A source tells me HCSO bomb squad is on the way to collect evidence. This comes days later, when the door was left open and people were inside the home taking pictures and freely roaming around. Sources also say precursor chemicals were found inside the home when they first raided it, which are typically used for making home made explosives. The question now becomes why come back and collect evidence and not do this days ago?

When the question was posed to the FBI—the lead investigating agency—about why the house wasn't properly secured, they said the scene had been "cleared" Thursday and released back to the property owner. 

🚨UPDATE🚨

I just spoke to the FBI.

The FBI says journalists were allowed to enter the New Orleans terrorist's home after:

"FBI Houston cleared the scene Thursday morning and released it back to the property owner. The property owner has discretion as to who they allow/don’t… pic.twitter.com/d0eblsekbn

— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) January 3, 2025

An FBI spokesperson tells me, “I can confirm FBI Houston is currently at the north Harris County location conducting law enforcement activity."

No acknowledgement or answers as to why this wasn’t treated as a secure crime scene all day yesterday, leaving people to roam freely with now potential evidence left behind.

This appears to be another clear case of dereliction of duty by the FBI, who will undoubtedly blame local law enforcement in Houston for failing to secure the site. Despite their claim, the presence of a bomb squad on Friday is a pretty good indicator that the house was most definitely not cleared on Thursday.

It's yet another reason that the FBI is past due for a soup-to-nuts overhaul, where competence is rewarded and DEI is sent to the trash heap. Federal law enforcement officials owe it to the American people to be thorough when investigating terrorist attacks on our soil, and this lapse is embarrassing and inexcusable. 

Kash Patel cannot arrive at the Hoover Building soon enough.