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Ft. Hood Murders - Political Correctness Kills

Tom Fitton / Judicial Watch:
I realize hindsight is 20/20, but here we have a radical Muslim in the U.S. Army instigating angry confrontations with fellow soldiers about U.S. foreign policy, spewing anti-American rhetoric and communicating with a supporter of terrorism. And the FBI knew all about it. Hasan's fellow officers were concerned. Yet nothing was done to address the situation? Here's my take. Hasan was spared the intense investigation he deserved because of politically-correct policies implemented by the federal government, including the FBI. After 9/11, the federal government instituted an effort to court so-called mainstream Muslim organizations in order to guard against charges of religious bigotry and racial profiling as it pursued its war on terrorism. This has created an environment where military and intelligence officials are afraid of calling attention to serious threats to national security for fear of offending Muslims.

Related:
Hasan's Supervisor Warned Army In 2007
NPR:
Two years ago, a top psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was so concerned about what he saw as Nidal Hasan's incompetence and reckless behavior that he put those concerns in writing. NPR has obtained a copy of the memo, the first evaluation that has surfaced from Hasan's file. Officials at Walter Reed sent that memo to Fort Hood this year when Hasan was transferred there. Nevertheless, commanders still assigned Hasan — accused of killing 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood on Nov. 5 — to work with some of the Army's most troubled and vulnerable soldiers.

Posted by Editor at November 23, 2009 12:16 AM