Now that would be something.(personal contact with Hasan) I’m not so sure emails to the White House would be seen in the same light. But I guess it depends what they might contain.
In addition, maybe it’s about Hasan’s military career. I think a doctor is automatically a major, but I read here that he had received some kind of promotion not that long ago. I don’t know enough about military rank to know what that might be, if he was already a major and had been for some time, but that might be an aspect to look into (if it’s true).