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John Galligan says as fast as this case is moving, a fair trial will be tough. Today, the retired Army Colonel had strong words for the Army. After 32 counts of premeditated attempted murder were filed yesterday against Nadal Hasan. "I'm not really that surprised that we ended up seeing additional charges and the level of those charges of attempted premeditated murder. My opinion may not be correct or supported by evidence." Galligan says the charges have only energized his defense team to fight for an impartial trial. He plans to file objections over how the case is being handled...

On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting "Allahu Akbar!" committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with Islam. What cowards we are. Political correctness killed those patriotic Americans at Ft. Hood as surely as the Islamist gunman did. And the media treat it like a case of non-denominational shoplifting. This was a terrorist act. When an extremist plans and executes a murderous plot against our unarmed soldiers to protest our efforts to counter Islamist fanatics, it’s an act of...