This information provided the first solid lead in the investigation when Kansi's roommate, Zahed Mir, reported him missing two days after the shootings.[1] He also told police how Kansi would get angry watching CNN reports of attacks on Muslims[2]–in particular, Kansi would later cite the US attacks on Iraq, Israeli killings of Palestinians, and CIA involvement in Muslim countries.[3][4] Although Mir did not think much of it at the time, Kansi had said he wanted to do "something big", with possible targets, the White House, the Israeli Embassy, and the CIA.[3]