Pentagon Releases Final Report on Fort Hood (salary, parade, legal)

[TakeAhike]

Pentagon Releases Final Report on Fort Hood - CBS News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hood_shooting

and
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/727587

*You will have to create an account and Log In--if you wish to read the article. Imo, it's worth the read--covers a number of current issues.
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Army Psychiatrist Faces Death Penalty in Fort Hood Shootings
Military Trial Proceedings Begin October 12
Ron Zimmerman


<August 27, 2010 — It is an unusual legal case when a psychiatrist is charged with murder. But it may be unique in American jurisprudence when a psychiatrist is charged with multiple murders and then uses an insanity defense, arguing that his own patients' narratives drove him to it.

Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder in the shooting of soldiers preparing for overseas deployment at Fort Hood, Texas, last November. Hasan is the sole suspect in the shootings, which occurred just before he was to ship out to Afghanistan. His case starts its legal journey through the military justice system October 12.

Hasan's defense team has indicated that secondary posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be a key defense argument. "The relevance is that it goes to what mental state he was in," says his lead defense lawyer, Col. John Galligan. "The evidence is that he was professionally concerned [about his patients' narratives of 'war crimes']; concerned enough to go to legal authorities both inside and outside of Fort Hood," Col. Galligan told Medscape Medical News.>

[Sunny-Days-in-Florida]

Left wingers here probably believe he is not guilty. They love their terrorist ya know.

[TakeAhike]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90

Left wingers here probably believe he is not guilty. They love their terrorist ya know.

This is going to be a 'precedent setting' case, imo.

The accused is still receiving a salary while he awaits trial.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...OVqqbOx4GZ8k6I

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http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....711089845/1010
“We object to, and do not believe, that anti-Muslim sentiment should emanate from this,” she said. “This was an individual who does not represent the Muslim faith.”

Describing the killings as “a terrible tragedy”, Ms Napolitano said a civil rights and civil liberties directorate in her department aimed to “prevent everybody being painted with a broad brush”.



http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03...t-hood-killer/
'Al Qaeda's American-born spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood.

In a 25-minute video posted on militant Web sites, Adam Gadahn described Maj. Nidal Hasan as a pioneer who should serve as a role model for other Muslims, especially those serving Western militaries.'

[ergohead]

Looks to me like his defense will require the breaking of confidence with his patients.

Also, it could expose more military wrongdoings not whistleblown by his patients.

Lotta skid marks on the war highway.

[HappyTexan]

Safest thing to do is declare him insane, discharge him from the military and put him away for the rest of his life. Quiet, non-publicized hearing.

The less the MSM parades him in their front pages and websites, the less of a hero he will be to the terrorists (both current and future).

Just put him away with no fanfare so he doesn't become a "Muslim martyr" to ME terrorists.

[txgolfer130]

Right wingers probably embrace him, as he was doing it; according to them for religious purposes.