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(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The FBI was too concerned about political correctness and did not launch an investigation into a man who was later charged with killing 13 people in the 2009 attack in Fort Hood, Texas, despite significant warning signs that he was an Islamic extremist bent on killing civilians, according to a lawmaker briefed on the new report.
In emails to a known terrorist, Army Maj. Nidal Hasan expressed his support for suicide bombings and killing civilians, while the terrorist, Anwar al-Awlaki, encouraged Hasan to stay in touch.
"I would assume that (a) suicide bomber whose aim is to kill enemy soldiers or their helpers, but also kills innocents in the process is acceptable," Hasan wrote in one of the e-mails to Awlaki, according to CBS News correspondent Bob Orr.
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The FBI was too concerned about political correctness and did not launch an investigation into a man who was later charged with killing 13 people in the 2009 attack in Fort Hood, Texas, despite significant warning signs that he was an Islamic extremist bent on killing civilians, according to a lawmaker briefed on the new report.
In emails to a known terrorist, Army Maj. Nidal Hasan expressed his support for suicide bombings and killing civilians, while the terrorist, Anwar al-Awlaki, encouraged Hasan to stay in touch.
"I would assume that (a) suicide bomber whose aim is to kill enemy soldiers or their helpers, but also kills innocents in the process is acceptable," Hasan wrote in one of the e-mails to Awlaki, according to CBS News correspondent Bob Orr.
disgusting.
this evil assmunch was clearly a threat, yet everyone was too terrified of being called 'racist' to do anything about him.
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The FBI was too concerned about political correctness and did not launch an investigation into a man who was later charged with killing 13 people in the 2009 attack in Fort Hood, Texas, despite significant warning signs that he was an Islamic extremist bent on killing civilians, according to a lawmaker briefed on the new report.
In emails to a known terrorist, Army Maj. Nidal Hasan expressed his support for suicide bombings and killing civilians, while the terrorist, Anwar al-Awlaki, encouraged Hasan to stay in touch.
"I would assume that (a) suicide bomber whose aim is to kill enemy soldiers or their helpers, but also kills innocents in the process is acceptable," Hasan wrote in one of the e-mails to Awlaki, according to CBS News correspondent Bob Orr.
Nidal Hasan murdered 13 people and shot 33 on November 5, 2009 ...... while screaming “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God is great”. His trial finally begins tomorrow, Tuesday August 5, 2013.
The Judge has ruled: (I guess everyone knows that Hasan will represent himself at this trial)
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She also said that when Army prosecutors give their opening statements, they cannot use e-mails exchanged before the attack between Major Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric who was killed in 2011 in a C.I.A. drone strike in Yemen.
As a result, it remains unclear how much the trial, which is expected to last weeks, will explore his radical Islamic beliefs. On Friday, Colonel Osborn allowed prosecutors to introduce as evidence the searches Major Hasan did on the Taliban and jihad before the shooting, but she has not yet ruled on whether they can use other evidence, including his academic presentations in which he justified suicide bombing.
Victims and their lawyers have criticized Pentagon officials for describing the attack as an episode of workplace violence and not an act of terrorism, and they worry that the trial will avoid labeling Major Hasan as they see him — a homegrown terrorist. “It seems that the way this is proceeding, any hint that this was an act of terror will not be allowed, and that to me is preposterous,” said Neal M. Sher, one of the lawyers representing victims and their families in a lawsuit accusing Pentagon and federal officials of knowing Major Hasan was a security threat and failing to act before the attack.
The quotes below are not accurate - it's a pet peeve of mine to read stuff like "the Government spends" or the "Army spends" ...... it's NOT their money, it's the Taxpayer's money - they don't "spend", we are forced to "spend".
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The Army has spent more than $5 million on the case, surrounding the outside of the courthouse with giant sand-packed barriers that protect against explosions and transporting Major Hasan for hearings by helicopter from the nearby Bell County Jail, where he is being held at Army expense.
The Army has also paid for his military defense lawyers, paralegals and experts as well as the rental costs for a trailer next to the courthouse that one lawyer called “the Hasan hut,” where he works under tight security.
Nidal Hasan murdered 13 people and shot 33 on November 5, 2009 ...... while screaming “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God is great”. His trial finally begins tomorrow, Tuesday August 5, 2013.
The Judge has ruled: (I guess everyone knows that Hasan will represent himself at this trial)
The quotes below are not accurate - it's a pet peeve of mine to read stuff like "the Government spends" or the "Army spends" ...... it's NOT their money, it's the Taxpayer's money - they don't "spend", we are forced to "spend".
The only way they could have known was to read his emails
Do you support the FBI reading private emails of military members???
Yes or no?????
He actually prepared presentations and other military that worked with him expressed concern about his changing philosophy on terrorists. The officers at Walter Reed did not pass on worrisome reports to Ft Hood when he got transferred there.
Any emails you do while at work on work computers is subject to scrutiny by your employer.
You don't need the FBI or NSA to know that. And what you do on a work computer isn't your private data anymore. Same with using the company phone for personal business.
Gates said the military was so focused on external terrorism they glossed over potential internal terrorism.
The FBI was already monitoring al-Awlaki and saw Hasan's emails to him from that side and did nothing.
The only way they could have known was to read his emails
Do you support the FBI reading private emails of military members???
Yes or no?????
Interesting.
Do you support upholding the oath taken to become an officer?
YES or NO????
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