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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 .......

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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; All

Hoekstra was on Hannity today talking about this exact thing....


41 posted on 11/10/2009 7:26:01 PM PST by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Achilles Heel
Just speculating....that it might be the FBI holding the email contents...but maybe there is more than just that..

..They did an investigation of Hasan for 6 months I thought....and I don't have a time line....

42 posted on 11/10/2009 7:28:47 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There is no attempt to connect ANY dots, because they know the conclusion - and we can’t have THAT!


43 posted on 11/10/2009 7:29:05 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: jersey117

Check the archive, there’s a thread that said he wasn’t ‘on’ the team, but he was involved in some way. If I wasn’t using the blackberry right now, I’d go search for it....


44 posted on 11/10/2009 7:29:13 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: God luvs America

Oh,...thanks....did he say what and whom was witholding ....?


45 posted on 11/10/2009 7:29:56 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: jersey117; Ernest_at_the_Beach
He can start by telling us who appointed him to his DHS transition team and who promoted him to Major in May.

Can anyone explain his military calling card

Where he identifies himself as a Soldier of Allah(SWT)


46 posted on 11/10/2009 7:31:08 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Bloodpressure, thnks. I had to stop grabbing more links because of this.. I just got up and walked away from the computer. We will get all answers. I do believe that 100%. Too many people and witnesses to hide everything.


47 posted on 11/10/2009 7:33:29 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; grellis; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Thanks Ernest. Go Pete!


48 posted on 11/10/2009 7:35:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012; Marine_Uncle; MajorThomas; doug from upland; Jim Robinson
I wonder what kind of Contents his e-Mail at AOL might reveal....?

That Business card really says a hell of a lot about how brazen these radical islamic folks can get...

SoA right on his business card....

Knowing that we infidels really didn't know what SoA meant...

Course we do now.....

49 posted on 11/10/2009 7:37:41 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

***I DON’T GET IT.***

Neither do I.

“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.”

There is absolutely no reason why this should exist. If you see something *bad*, TELL SOMEONE!!!


50 posted on 11/10/2009 7:37:53 PM PST by azishot
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To: potlatch
I need your graphic with the card and the Koran.....
51 posted on 11/10/2009 7:39:32 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: potlatch
Found it:

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52 posted on 11/10/2009 7:41:44 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: SERKIT

See the updates and his business Card.


53 posted on 11/10/2009 7:43:07 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

54 posted on 11/10/2009 7:43:18 PM PST by potlatch (ACTIONS - Speak Louder Than Words)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Marine_Uncle; MajorThomas; doug from upland; Jim Robinson
Someone needs to put together Hasan's timeline since 2000
when he was put on report for proselytizing his form of
Radical Islam in graduate school.

He has been running up red flags for about eight years.


55 posted on 11/10/2009 7:44:18 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: shield

I am tending to agree with you that there is more than one person. I read something on the net that after today’s memorial the FBI went to the Mosque and it was like the article was saying there might be others. I don’t think this one person did this on his own.
The plot gets bigger and bigger and what is the WH covering up? Is the Wall back up.


56 posted on 11/10/2009 7:44:34 PM PST by proudCArepublican
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’ve seen that card before.

Terrorist couldn’t even spell *health* correctly.


57 posted on 11/10/2009 7:45:52 PM PST by azishot
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; azishot

Re:#25, maybe lieberman can do something?


58 posted on 11/10/2009 7:46:39 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

ImAGINE if a Christian did this. This is very odd. the whole thing.


59 posted on 11/10/2009 7:46:57 PM PST by proudCArepublican
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The guy is a flaming Islamic jihadist. Pure and simple. And zero and his team will do their best with the help of the L/MSM to twist and distort his image into being some poor abused muslim soldier. Shit he was not a real soldier to begin with. He is a GD shrink.


60 posted on 11/10/2009 7:47:43 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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