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Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda
ABC News ^ | 11/9/2009 | Richard Esposito

Posted on 11/09/2009 4:15:57 AM PST by Saije

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said.

One senior lawmaker said the CIA had, so far, refused to brief the intelligence committees on what, if any, knowledge they had about Hasan's efforts.

CIA director Leon Panetta and the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, have been asked by Congress "to preserve" all documents and intelligence files that relate to Hasan, according to the lawmaker.

On Sunday, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) called for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs as to whether Hasan was an Islamic extremist.

"If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance," Lieberman told Fox News Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: allah; alqaeda; bhocia; cia; democrats; forthood; hasan; infiltration; islam; jihadinthewest; koran; mohammed; mohammed4obama; mohammeds; muslims; nidalmalikhasan; obama; obamashomies; panetta; terrorist; terroristattack; terrorists4obama; wahhabicorridor
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To: ComputerGuy
My favorite ‘diagnosis’ is pre-post traumatic stress disorder.

"I'm not gonna be able to take it! I'm not gonna be able to take it any more!!"

41 posted on 11/09/2009 6:41:44 AM PST by Liberty1970 (God: He who honors Me, I will honor.)
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To: Saije
I think our out of control legal system is partly to blame. Political correctness is a response to the fear of lawsuits. Why do the right thing when you might get sued to death? Everyone wanted Hasan be somebody else's problem.

The tort bar is also a root cause of the health care debacle. Once they established a ''right'' to health care, free riders overloaded the system.

42 posted on 11/09/2009 6:48:20 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Saije
and yet....

Army Chief Concerned for Muslim Troops

...NYT headline.

43 posted on 11/09/2009 6:51:05 AM PST by clintonh8r (My country. Not my government.)
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To: Saije

he was after all not a bad guy .. he was an adviser on obama’s transition team ...


44 posted on 11/09/2009 6:51:50 AM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Saije

We need names of the people who ignored this. People need to lose their careers and pensions over this.


45 posted on 11/09/2009 6:51:54 AM PST by denydenydeny ("I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist"-Dr House)
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To: clintonh8r

Apparently Army Chief of Staff Casey is concerned that non-muslim troops might harm his pet muzzies.


46 posted on 11/09/2009 6:52:51 AM PST by clintonh8r (My country. Not my government.)
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To: MuttTheHoople
If he had looked like Omar Sharif, he'd have had better luck with the babes, and maybe we wouldn't have fanatical Islam at our throats.

Not the Omar Sharif of late...


47 posted on 11/09/2009 6:53:10 AM PST by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: Saije

Nothing to see here as the elites have already determined (actually, their minds were already made up seconds after the murders happened)that his actions had nothing to do with terrorism or his religious beliefs.


48 posted on 11/09/2009 6:57:56 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: Saije

This is going to get ugly, quick.

Individuals are going to start throwing each other under the bus before the scapegoat is picked out from among the Army brass and “intelligence” agencies.

This is going to be an historic investigation that exposes just how warped our institutions have become by political correctness, and how utterly preventable this slaughter was.

Thirteen needlessly extinguished lives.


49 posted on 11/09/2009 6:58:54 AM PST by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna!)
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To: Saije

Nothing to see here as the elites have already determined (actually, their minds were already made up seconds after the murders happened)that his actions had nothing to do with terrorism or his religious beliefs.


50 posted on 11/09/2009 6:59:14 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: Saije
Don't jump to conclusions.


51 posted on 11/09/2009 6:59:46 AM PST by paulycy (Predatory Pricing = Public Option = Unethical Competition.)
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To: Saije
Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda

... and apparently did nothing. ???? [wasn't politically correct, and besides since he was a muzzie, it would be profiling.]

52 posted on 11/09/2009 7:01:43 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (FUBO - When 0bama Fails, Freedom Prevails!)
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To: Travis McGee
"If Hitler had been as clever as Mohammed, he would have proclaimed Nazism to be a new religion."

If Obama were as clever as Lincoln or Roosevelt (as were are constantly told he is), he would have an Alan Pinkerton or J. Edgar Hoover rooting out these enemies within our walls.

53 posted on 11/09/2009 7:03:32 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Saije

“But it’s not terrorism, it’s just a poor Army doctor who snapped under stress.”

Actually, he`s the victim, not the troops or their families. Don`t believe me? Just ask a liberal.


54 posted on 11/09/2009 7:03:56 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: Menehune56
Political correctness is a response to the fear of lawsuits.

Must disagree with you here.

Politically Correct speech is a tool of the left which has been *enforced* with lawsuits by the ACLU, etc. The left believes that if you control the language then you control the people.

We need to kill Politically Correct speech and we need to combat the rulings it has engendered by fighting those rulings in the courts.

We need more and braver conservative lawyers and we need to individually react strongly and convincingly to counteract PC speech. It is killing this country which is what it was designed to do.

55 posted on 11/09/2009 7:06:49 AM PST by paulycy (Predatory Pricing = Public Option = Unethical Competition.)
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To: Saije
The infiltration of sleeper cells has been going on for 20 plus years. This is all planned. They our Dr's, Scientist, neighbors, business owners and government workers, military personnel. ect ect ect
56 posted on 11/09/2009 7:07:38 AM PST by angcat ("GO YANKEES")
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To: ComputerGuy
My favorite ‘diagnosis’ is pre-post traumatic stress disorder.

Excellent insight.

57 posted on 11/09/2009 7:08:03 AM PST by paulycy (Predatory Pricing = Public Option = Unethical Competition.)
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To: Saije

I think it’s time to get a passport, America’s demise is coming so quickly and much faster than I thought.


58 posted on 11/09/2009 7:08:17 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: airborne
...remember to call it a terrorist attack!

YES! And, how about Purple Heart medals for the victims of this attack?

59 posted on 11/09/2009 7:09:10 AM PST by foxfield (Sarah Palin, America's "girl next door".)
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To: Saije

It’s time we shunned these “journalists” who offer baseless, unsupported theories as “reasons” why something happened. They should be looking for work with the other 15% of the working public.


60 posted on 11/09/2009 7:10:31 AM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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