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A key intelligence report that could aid accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan's defense was being withheld by the Obama administration, Fox News Channel reported late Friday. The letter, dated Oct. 19, was sent by the general counsel for the national intelligence director -- the nation’s top intelligence official -- to the chief army prosecutor, Col. Michael Mulligan. It stated that the intelligence review requested by President Obama immediately after the shooting last year “is not reasonably available.” Robert S. Litt, general counsel for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper, cited “highly classified, compartmented and sensitive information originating...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 16, 2010 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today disputed claims that the Defense Department was withholding information from the Senate Homeland Security Committee about the Nov. 5 Fort Hood, Texas, shooting incident. “We have no interest in hiding anything,” said Gates, who earlier this week had traveled to Peru, Colombia and then Barbados to discuss regional security issues.“But what [is] most important,” Gates told reporters here, “is this prosecution, and we will cooperate with the committee in every way with that single caveat -- that whatever we provide does not impact the prosecution. That is the...

So, as I sit here writing this, my mind is reeling and my heart is beating too fast. I'm ANGRY and outraged, and just....SO ANGRY. One short week ago, Major Nidal Hasan, a pyschiatrist in the United States Army, walked into the deployment center at Ft.Hood armed with a 9mm pistol, and a F-N semi-automatic handgun. He walked into a center full of military personnel who were NOT allowed to carry a gun on the base and were unarmed. As they were being examined by dentists and opthamologists, and guided through the onerous paperwork that is necessary to deploying, this...

Slain at Ft. Hood Are in Hellfire” NYC Muslim Leader Celebrates Massacre by thelastcrusade.org “The soldiers at Fort Hood had it coming.”So says a celebrated Muslim spokesman from Queens , New York.Yousef al-Khattab, who travels to mosques throughout the country, has also sent a "Get Well Soon" message to Major Malik Nidal Hasan, who was responsible for the Texas massacre. "An officer and a gentleman was injured while partaking in a pre-emptive attack," al-Khattab writes on Revolution Muslim, his Web site. "Get well soon Major Nidal. We love you." Born Jewish in New Jersey, al-Khattab converted to Islam in...

Terrorist Islamic Center Remains Off Limits Major Hasan and 9/11 Ops Shared Prayer Mats by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. thelastcrusade.org What is taking place in the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia?What is being taught within this $6 million facility, replete with traditional minarets?What are the ties between members of this radical mosque to terrorist groups, such as al Qaeda?This mosque located in President Barack Obama’s backyard has been a magnet for militant Islamists from the time of its construction in 1983. It has been established and sustained by wealthy Saudi Arabian dignitaries and businessmen, who uphold...

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, An Islamic Extremist, Goes On Killing Spree In Ft. Hood, Texas If you are someone who abides by political correctness, I suggest you not read this commentary. You certainly won't find what I have to say in the mainstream media; even FOX News probably will not address the issue I'm about to discuss. On Thursday (November 5th, 2009), Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on a murderous spree resulting in the deaths of 13 military personnel and the wounding of 30 others at the time I'm writing this column. If this were the first time a member...