The FBI now says San Bernardino shooters did not post on social media

At a Wednesday press conference in New York City, the FBI walked back its previous claims about the San Bernardino shooting, saying alleged shooter Tashfeen Malik "did not post support for jihad on social media" and that there is "no evidence that the San Bernardino shooters were part of an organized cell," Reuters reports.

FBI Director James Comey says Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook, the Muslim couple allegedly behind the December 2 shooting that left 14 dead, only expressed their support for "jihad and martyrdom" in private communications, not on social media. Reports had alleged that Malik made Facebook posts about jihad under a pseudonym.

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