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Tweets a british isis convert. i smell something big coming soon says another. as investigators look for exactly what prompted the two gunmen elton simpson and nadir soofi to plan their attack, they say simplyson was immersed in jihadist twitter accounts including some that explicitly called for attacking the texas event. two weeks before the texas gathering the fbi and homeland security warned it carried the risk of being targeted. federal officials say more than 5,000 people are following the kind of radical twitter accounts that elton simpson did. but how to tell which followers are truly dangerous? this is a very difficult task for law enforcement. there are a lot of people who say a lot of things on twitter and most of them don t carry out terrorist strikes. reporter: people who knew the other gunman nadir soofi, say he showed no signs of violence helping out at a nonprofit for the homeless. he was very gentle with the clients he worked with. he helped them with their ....