Lieberman Suggests Army Shooter Was 'Home-Grown Terrorist'

The Wall Street Journal ^ | NOVEMBER 8, 2009 | BRODY MULLINS

[TaxPayer2000]

A senior U.S. senator on Sunday said the shootings at Fort Hood could have been a terrorist attack, and that he would launch a congressional investigation into whether the U.S. military could have prevented it.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who heads the Senate's Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, said initial evidence suggested that the alleged shooter, Army Major Nidal Hasan, was a "self-radicalized, home-grown terrorist" who had turned to Islamic extremism while under personal stress.

Mr. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, had opened fire Thursday at a soldier processing center at Fort Hood, Tex., killing 13 and wounding 29 in the worst mass shooting on a military facility in the U.S.

Mr. Lieberman, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," cautioned that it remained too early to draw any definitive conclusions. He said his comments were based on "reports that we are receiving" about Mr. Hasan's actions and comments.

The Army's top officer, Gen. George Casey, wouldn't rule out that the shooting was an act of terrorism, but cautioned against speculation at this point. "We all want to know what happened and what motivated the suspect, but we need to … let the investigation take its course," he told ABC News's "This Week."

Mr. Lieberman said that if news reports were true that Mr. Hasan had turned to Islamic extremism, "the murder of these 13 people was a terrorist act and, in fact, it was the most-destructive terrorist act to be committed on American soil since 9/11."

"We don't know enough to say now, but there are very, very strong warning signs here that Dr. Hasan had become an Islamist extremist and, therefore, that this was a terrorist act," Mr. Lieberman added.

The lawmaker said he would begin a Senate investigation aimed at uncovering Mr. Hasan's motives and asking ...

[TaxPayer2000]

This was inspired by all the hate preaching by the cult of death.

Worth repeating....

[jws3sticks]

Easy enough for him to say but what about the linked interview about the Islamic visitor to the shooter's digs? I tried to email this to Senator Lieberman but could not find a good email address that worked for someone not from his state. I thought he represented us all, in addition to his "pep's" in CT.

Only found on one posting but linked here.

Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...

[RVN Airplane Driver]

We should keep in mind that, no matter what his political or religious sympathies, his intentions remain a mystery.

Dumba$$es like you are the reason that muslim terrorist POS killed all those folks.... I have skid marks in my shorts not only older than you but a helluva lot smarter as well.

[Jack Hammer]

What do you mean, “could have been”?

Just because the shooter wasn’t in touch with some sort of “Terrorist Central Administration” doesn’t mean the motive wasn’t clear.

The press are tone deaf and AWOL on this whole thing.

One thing which is certain: If George Bush were still in the White House, every reporter in American would be screaming “TERRORISM!!!” and shouting from the rooftops that the president wasn’t doing anything/enough/the right sort of thing, ad nauseum.

The hypocrisy is staggering.

[kidd]

Lieberman has no love for Muslims and won’t be cowed by political correctness.

The guy is a screaming liberal, but he is solid on defense.

[LiberConservative]

We should start rounding up every frackin’ Mooselimb in the country and deport them. NOW.

[pallis]

Home grown, foreign grown, Islam is the same virus no matter where it comes from. It rots the brain. The people who suffer from it can act like rabid pigs at any time. Be careful around them.

[skimask]

Since 9/11 how many terrorist attacks were committed on American soil during the 7 1/2 years under Bush? Answer=0. In the 10 months of Obama there has been one attack. How many more will he allow before his butt is voted out in 2012? And for any liberal lurkers here, he WILL be gone in January 2013 and you know it too.

[colorado tanker]

That's another issue. He had his mom's funeral at that mosque. Was he attending at the time? Or was that his introduction? If he was already attending, he would have overlapped with the two 9-11 guys. Was he always single? Lots we don't know.

[SuziQ]

There WAS another attack on US soil. The murder of the soldier, earlier in the year, at the recruiting office in Arkansas, by a Muslim convert.

[Texas Eagle]

There WAS another attack on US soil. The murder of the soldier, earlier in the year, at the recruiting office in Arkansas, by a Muslim convert.

Good point.

Whenever a plane goes down, the state-run media dutifully goes back over every plane crash that occurred over the last 20 years or so.

But when a Muzzie goes ape-shit, it's "nothing to see here. It's all over. Move along"

[JohnBovenmyer]

We should be careful touting W’s record. There were several cases of “Sudden Jihad Syndrome” in which “terrorism” was instantly ruled out during his tenure. W certainly did better than we could have expected on protecting the “home front” (IMHO MUCH more appropriate terminology than “homeland” in this war), but I don’t credit him with pitching a shutout, much less a perfect game, but will grant him a save. Alas, desperate for praise from the MSM the Bushies became overly fond of that “0” claim. Many here have mocked instant “not terrorism” determinations going back into the Bush years. We should logically also back off strict Bush shutout claims or our Alinskyite enemies will stretch Bush’s technicalities and the language to deny as terrorism anything, other than of course our peaceful telling of the truth.

[KeyLargo]

Whoop d f-n dooo Joe

When has any investigation, Congress or Senate done by Washington politicians resulted in uncovering the truth?

If an investigation is convened the result will be just another Obama whitewash.

[tioga]

Lieberman is Jewish.......he has more experience spotting terrorism than his colleagues.