The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Should someone be thrown out of the army if their business card identifies the bearer as an "SOA" (soldier of Allah)? Probably not, but that,...
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following Levin, Reyes Postpones House Intel Committee Briefing on Fort Hood The Washington Independent Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) issued the following statement regarding the postponement of a full Committee briefing on...
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
In the case of Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, alleged murderer of 13 people at Fort Hood, there were 18 red flags from December 2008 through June 2009. From FOX News : The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in the Fort Hood massacre told a radical Muslim imam, "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife, in one of several e-mails exchanged between the two men, ABC News reported...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
The Army has guidelines on how to deal with racist views and actions within the ranks, but none on how to deal with Islamic jihadism, a former Army vice chief of staff told Congress on Thursday. Retired Army Gen. John M. Keane said this absence of guidance fostered a politically correct reluctance to investigate the man accused in the Fort Hood shootings, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. A military pamphlet...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Fort Hood madman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had several e-mail exchanges with a virulent al Qaeda propagandist earlier this year, discussing the heavenly rewards he would receive in paradise -- perhaps already envisioning his massacre of fellow troops, i...
South Dakota Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
No. An internet rumor circulating to that effect, and it landed in my email. There is an interesting footnote here, but so far as I can tell there is no evidence at all that Nidal Malik Hasan had any connection...
France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
A former White House security adviser has alleged that the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 at a Texas military base may not have been investigated because of "political correctness." Frances Fragos Townsend, a Homeland Security adviser to president George W. Bush told US lawmakers she was worried that the chief suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was not properly investigated...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dennis Sanders: "The Case For Trying 9/11 Terrorist In New York" The moderate Republican blogger in Minnesota opines : "There has been a lot of talk about how a trial could result in [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed] walking free. Senator Chuck Grassley, a politician that [I] respect, has nonetheless come out with one of the most asinine statements, likening the upcoming trial to the OJ Simpson...
Military Times - News (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile military service members hidden in the ranks, following the Fort Hood shooting rampage, and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.“It is prudent to determine immediately whether there are internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings in the department that could make...
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nov. 19: In the first public hearing on the Fort Hood shootings, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday asked how the long list of warning signs from Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan were missed. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
lovable liberal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Singular. The FBI looked into Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan correspondence with a radical Islamic cleric. Good. They should have. It was certainly alarming on its face. Many Republicans, including Joe Lieberman, already have a diagnosis for why the FBI didn't make waves about it, and they don't even know what the FBI found: [Fran Townsend] expressed concern that “political correctness,” and fear...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The honor guard carries the flag-covered casket at the burial of Pvt. Francheska Velez at Mt. Olive Cemetery, 3800 N. Narragansett Ave. (Michael Tercha/ Chicago Tribune) About 350 people gathered at a West Side funeral home today to remember Private Francheska Velez. Hundreds of people lined the sidewalk and snapped pictures as her casket was carried away from the funeral home. During the funeral,...
Freedom's Lighthouse (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is video of Sen. Joe Lieberman today at the first Senate hearing on the Fort Hood Terror Attack laying out some of the key questions that need to be answered. Lieberman said there needs to be a thorough investigation on what was known by officials in the Army, the Department of Defense, and elsewhere about Nidal Malik Hasan's radical beliefs and tendencies. Lieberman seems determined to see that...
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | yesterday
N ews in Balance: WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today announced the Defense Department will conduct a broad review of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood, Texas, shooting that left 13 dead and dozens injured. Former Army Secretary Togo West and retired Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, former chief of naval operations, will head the initial 45-day review, which will inform a follow-on investigation...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | yesterday
By GottaLaff The suspected gunman in the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, Nov. 5, 2009, was identified by ABC News as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. He appears here in a Defense Department photograph. (Handout) Jumping to conclusions before an entire story is out is typical of reportage these days. It's irresponsible and it serves nobody well. It seems to happen every time there is a big breaking news story,...
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