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Senate Inquiry: FBI, Army Could Have Prevented Fort Hood Massacre

The FBI and military officials had information that Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan had become radicalized and was a "ticking time bomb," but failed to act on evidence that could have prevented the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, according to a Senate inquiry. The report, released today by Sens. Joseph...

Fort Hood Remembers: One Year After Rampage

(Nov. 5) -- One year ago, a gunman went on a rampage at Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding more than 30 in a tragedy that was memorialized today by the Army's highest-ranking officer and its top civilian. Gen. George Casey, the Army's chief of staff, and Army Secretary John McHugh led a remembrance ceremony this afternoon...

Testimony to Resume at Fort Hood Suspect's Hearing

FORT HOOD, Texas (Oct. 18) -- Soldier after soldier rose from the witness chair, stared and pointed to an Army psychiatrist seated a dozen feet away, never wavering as they identified him as the man who went on deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood last year. "He's here, sir." "That man is right there, sir." Twenty-nine...

Evidence Hearing Delayed for Accused Fort Hood Killer

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(Oct. 12) -- The evidence hearing in the case of an Army psychiatrist accused of murdering 13 people at Fort Hood last year has been put on hold for at least a day while defense lawyers prepare a request to have the proceedings delayed until next month. Col. James L. Pohl, the investigating officer in the case involving...

Fort Hood Probe Exposes Missed Connections

(Jan. 15) – Some conclusions of a Pentagon inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings are eerily similar to reviews of intelligence shortfalls faulted for the Christmas bombing plot: Officials had key information on a radicalized individual but failed to assemble clues and head off potential violence. In both cases, the...