Cone did not speculate on a motive, but the army released a statement saying the shootings did not appear to be an act of political terrorism. Two other people were questioned and then released.
Federal law enforcement officials told Associated Press that Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of his web postings, which discussed suicide bombings and other threats. One of the web posts that authorities reviewed is a blog that equates suicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of his comrades. "To say that this soldier committed suicide is inappropriate. It's more appropriate to say he is a brave hero that sacrificed his life for a more noble cause," said the post. "Scholars have paralled [sic] this to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers."
Phenominal that these statements could be made together. It was not an act of political terrorism, but he came to their attention because of his political terror statements.
It was Jihad within the ranks plain and simple and we'd best figure out the nature of the enemy and cull them from our ranks. This guy had been giving off the signs for a LOG time and yet was still in uniform working with soldiers going to and returning from the war.
Of course he was harassed. Making the kind of statements he did against the war and for the enemy in the presence of other soldiers who were either going to war or returning fromit ensured that he would be...and I do not blame those soldiers one bit.
The blame falls on Hasan himself and those who left him, after the reports came in, in that position. He was a treacherous enemy within the ranks and he ultimately went Jihad.
What's phenominal is that the FBI didn't track this statement back to Hasan and that he wasn't arrested and court martialed.
Or was it considered too politically sensitive to act upon? The guy is a US soldier. He doesn't get the same freedom of speech rights as a civilian does!