[basil]

Sounds more like the story does not support the headline.

I agree with you --- I can't find where it says the Fr Hood Killer was vindicated. If that were the case, I think some sort of civil war would break out.

[norton]

...Hasan’s attorney can now claim that by refusing to acknowledge Major Hasan’s claims under Islamic law as a conscientious objector and granting him an honorable discharge, the Army created irreconcilable conflict that prompted the Fort Hood massacre. And they can use the secretary of the Army’s decision in the Abdo case as proof. ...