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Army Wasn't Told of Hasan's Emails
The Wall Street Journal ^ | NOVEMBER 10, 2009, 8:33 P.M. ET | YOCHI J. DREAZEN and EVAN PEREZ

Posted on 11/10/2009 6:16:19 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

The Pentagon said it was never notified by U.S. intelligence agencies that they had intercepted emails between the alleged Fort Hood shooter and an extremist imam until after last week's bloody assaults, raising new questions about whether the government could have helped prevent the attack.

A top defense official said federal investigators didn't tell the Pentagon they were looking into months of contacts between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki. The imam knew three of the Sept. 11 hijackers and hailed Maj. Hasan as a "hero" after the shooting last week at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead.

"Based on what we know now, neither the United States Army nor any other organization within the Department of Defense knew of Maj. Hasan's contacts with any Muslim extremists," the official said.

The Pentagon comments fueled a growing dispute among various branches of the government about whether Maj. Hasan should have been more deeply investigated before he allegedly walked into a crowded soldier-readiness center at Fort Hood and opened fire.

A person familiar with the matter said a Pentagon worker on a terrorism task force overseen by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was told about the intercepted emails several months ago. But members of terror task forces aren't allowed to share such information with their agencies, unless they get permission from the FBI, which leads the task forces.

In this case, the Pentagon worker, an employee from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, helped make the assessment that Maj. Hasan wasn't a threat, and the FBI's "procedures for sharing the information were never used," said the person familiar with the matter.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama had ordered all agencies involved in national and homeland security to review Maj. Hasan's case to find out if warning signs were missed .......

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


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1 posted on 11/10/2009 6:16:19 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; GeronL; All; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; SunkenCiv; blam; Marine_Uncle; ...
For much more on this Jihad attack see this thread:

Fort Hood Texas: Free Republic Archives

2 posted on 11/10/2009 6:17:49 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Lies and more lies—no one wants to be blamed. I hope the families can seek redress in court, somehow. The lack of any concern is amazing.


3 posted on 11/10/2009 6:19:13 PM PST by Achilles Heel
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Everybody...from Hussein on down...is gonna gear up for some serious CYA! When they're done,it's gonna be the fault of some PFC...from a red state,no doubt.
4 posted on 11/10/2009 6:19:38 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Once again the Wall has been established.


5 posted on 11/10/2009 6:19:55 PM PST by tobyhill (The Communist has arrived)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

DC Sniper executed. Now how many years will it be before this so called doctor gets the same due.


6 posted on 11/10/2009 6:22:40 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Infuriating, absolutely beyond comprehensino. I DON’T GET IT.


7 posted on 11/10/2009 6:23:08 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: Achilles Heel
Lies and more lies—no one wants to be blamed. I hope the families can seek redress in court, somehow.

I don't see how they can do that.but they surely know what the deal is...their loved ones were the victims of political correctness....the refusal to call a terrorist a terrorist.

8 posted on 11/10/2009 6:24:01 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I haven’t kept up - when did these contacts happen? Under whose watch, Bush, Obama, both?


9 posted on 11/10/2009 6:25:30 PM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Just like 9-11, no one knew anything. No one was responsible, lost a job, etc.

More innocent lifes lost while See no, Speak no and Hear no evil control our government.

As many have written or thought, only a white american male can be called a terrorist in the US.


10 posted on 11/10/2009 6:26:29 PM PST by VicVega (Join Jihad, get captured by the US and resettled in the best places in to the world. I love the USA)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; LucyT; STARWISE; 444Flyer; MestaMachine

I am in tears because if they CAN’T TAKE CARE OF OUR SOLDIERS, if they can’t SHARE INTELLIGENCE WITH EACH OTHER about important safety issues, LIKE THREATS OR POTENTIAL TERRORISTIC ACTS, how in the hell can we expect them to protect us?


11 posted on 11/10/2009 6:29:29 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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12 posted on 11/10/2009 6:32:25 PM PST by Miss Didi ( "After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

bump


13 posted on 11/10/2009 6:33:01 PM PST by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Sure I believe that. ROFLOL, must be an onion report.
14 posted on 11/10/2009 6:35:51 PM PST by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
a Pentagon worker on a terrorism task force overseen by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was told about the intercepted emails several months ago. But members of terror task forces aren't allowed to share such information with their agencies, unless they get permission from the FBI

They don't trust Eric Holder. That's the bottom line here. They believe Holder is, if not one of them, willing to either tip off the enemy or go after those who fight the enemy.

15 posted on 11/10/2009 6:39:45 PM PST by Brugmansian
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To: Brugmansian

I believe as they do.


16 posted on 11/10/2009 6:44:02 PM PST by sport
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I thought the Army did really extensive background checks, he was recently promoted, does that not happen? Who does the background checks and what info do they search?
17 posted on 11/10/2009 6:44:30 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Re: Army Wasn’t Told of Hasan’s Emails...

What the Hell?

Who did they not trust in the Army with this news? Isn’t this why we failed to prevent the 9/11 terrorist actions? I thought we were getting better at sharing such information. If you unable to reliably and openly share the needed information required to prevent terror, then terror will prevail. More importantly, we need to be able to define terror for what it is. We need to be bold, open, and able to fight terror wherever we may see it.

It hasn’t anything to do whether we think Muslims are bad people, whether they are born here or abroad; indeed, we need only be sensitive to the idea and realize the fact, that radical muslims want to kill us. And we need to do everything in our power under the law to prevent terror and killing whether here in the states are anywhere in the world.

Political correctness should not drive our ability to protect our families and our liberties. No one is saying that Muslims are an evil people. The reality is that radical muslims are intent on hurting us, and this is where we need to divert our attention and not on the lame stream media, which is intent on coddling the scared people in our nation, and allowing them to feel that this is an isolated event from a crazy nut job. After all, in my book, all the 9/11 terrorists were crazy nut jobs, it’s just that they acting as a group.

Try telling the victims and their families that this army psychiatrist was just a crazy nut job... that will make them feel better, won’t it? Not on your life. Don’t continue to stick your head in the sand just so your won’t feel threatened. The dead and wounded in Texas are just as affected whether this guy acted alone or with others.


18 posted on 11/10/2009 6:48:53 PM PST by MajorThomas (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.)
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To: savedbygrace
Well this thread would...to me...indicate there were certainly some near the end of the Bush Administration....but maybe the review happened after Obama took over,.,,,but only have this tor refere to at the moment....looking thru the Fort Hood Archive:

FBI Knew of Hasan As Early as December 2008

See link near the top .

19 posted on 11/10/2009 6:49:38 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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20 posted on 11/10/2009 6:53:36 PM PST by devolve ( . . . "I would caution you against jumping to conclusions!" - Barack Hasan Obama Junior. . . . .)
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