Terrorist researcher Frank Salvato of New Media Journal is concerned that

the use of the term “Ismail Ax” by Cho Seung-Hui and the fact that no news agency – or governmental agency for that matter – has come out with information on Hui’s religious background. Couple that with the fact that some of his slaughterhouse floor tactics mimic those described in terrorist training manuals and that some of the verbiage used in his final “video manifesto” rails on along the lines of a final video tape issued by an Islamic suicide bomber. A call for further examination into the motives behind his actions is a valid request.