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Opinion: Not Mental. Not Muslim. Just a Killer

Over a hundred years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt launched a profound concept of social justice by stating: "I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no more and no less." And now with the release Thursday of a Senate report on Maj. Nidal Hasan and the Fort Hood shooting, and the tragic shootings in...

Nidal Hasan a 'Ticking Time Bomb': 4 Key Conclusions from the Senate Inquiry

Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting spree at Fort Hood in 2009, was known as a "ticking time bomb" who could have been stopped by the military or the FBI. That's the conclusion of a Senate inquiry led by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. In an 89-page report...

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...

YouTube Yanks Videos of Radical US-Born Cleric

(Nov. 4) -- Under pressure from U.S. and British officials, YouTube has removed sermons by a radical U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida in Yemen who's accused of using the video-sharing site to seduce young Muslims into committing terrorist attacks. Anwar al-Awlaki, 39, is believed to have trained Umar Farouk...

Nidal Hasan News From the Web

05/17/12 GOP Rep Demands Copy Of Report On Awlaki EMails With... Source: The Jawa Report Via FNC In a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller, Republican Rep. Frank Wolf has demanded a copy of the still-classified report about the alleged Fort Hood shooter's email exchanges with Al Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki.
05/12/12 247 People on Terror Watch List Bought Guns in 2010 Source: CW - KTLA 5 - Los Angeles CA A new government report shows that 247 people on US terror watch lists bought firearms in 2010.
05/09/12 Proposed Bill Meant to Honor Terror Victims Could... Source: NBC - KCEN-TV/DT - Temple TX A new bill in Congress could upset the case against the accused Fort Hood shooter, though it's designed to honor the fallen.

Background on Nidal Hasan

Nidal Malik Hasan, USA (; born September 8, 1970) is a United States Army officer and sole accused in the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting, which occurred less than a month before he would have deployed to Afghanistan.

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