Friday, February 04, 2011

Fort Hood shooting report faults Army, FBI

A Senate investigation into the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting faults the Army and FBI for missing warning signs and failing to exchange information that could have prevented the massacre.

William Wan,Felicia Sonmez, Washington Post
washington post February 4, 2011 04:00 AM Copyright washington post.
Friday, February 4, 2011


The report concludes that systemic and cultural problems caused military officials to fail to recognize signs that the alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan, was becoming increasingly radical before the 2009 shooting, which left 13 people dead.

It also concludes that the FBI failed to share information with the Army - notably, e-mails that Hasan exchanged with a "suspected terrorist," a likely reference to Anwar al-Awlaki,

an Islamic cleric well known for his extremist views. The report says the agency might have dismissed such clues to avoid causing "a bureaucratic confrontation."

sfgate.com

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NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2010
Qaeda-Linked Imam Dined at Pentagon after 9/11
(CBS) This story was written by CBS News Justice and Homeland Security correspondent Bob Orr

Anwar al-Awlaki - the radical spiritual leader linked to several 9/11 attackers, the Fort Hood shooting, and the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an airliner - was a guest at the Pentagon in the months after 9/11, a Pentagon official confirmed to CBS News.
cbsnews.com

*NOTE (This video added post 4 comments)

6 comments:

diane said...

I'm not sharp enough to comment on this post.
I almost mistook your header for my backyard.

texlahoma said...

Diane - That probably just means the post isn't very clear. In short, I think this guy works for the CIA just like Osama did.

Looks a lot like my backyard too, we've been getting way more snow than usual.

diane said...

I think you're giving me way too much credit here Tex. When I say my brain is like a sponge, it's not because it soaks up information. It's actually kind of spongy I think.
I'm not so sure about Osama working for the CIA as much as he was their patsy. They needed someone to point the finger at, and he was a high profile revolutionary.

texlahoma said...

The other man, dressed in Docker's clothing, was not a native Afghan any more than Olberg was. He was a 28-year-old Saudi. Tim Osman (Ossman) has recently become better known as Osama Bin Ladin. "Tim Osman" was the name assigned to him by the CIA for his tour of the U.S. and U.S. military bases, in search of political support and armaments.
http://911review.org/brad.com/archives/Bin-Ladin_Tim-Osman.html

diane said...

Interesting interview. Bin Laden's son wasn't sure if that was really him, there ya go.

yellowdoggranny said...

everyone dropped the ball.

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