US colleagues of shooter considered sacking him: report

[sabra]

Source: AFP/NPR

WASHINGTON — Colleagues of the accused gunman in the Fort Hood shooting rampage were troubled by his lackluster performance as an army psychiatrist and had discussed removing him, National Public Radio said Tuesday.

Psychiatrists told NPR that Major Nidal Hasan, suspected of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at the Texas army base last week, seemed "detached and uninterested" in his work at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

The doctors, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Hasan often failed to answer the phone when he was the psychiatrist on duty at the hospital outside Washington, the report said.

One hospital official said that Hasan -- a devout Muslim with misgivings about the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- had tried to convert a patient to Islam, telling the patient his religion would save him.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5imwXlYMomt1XopsQ7nDgl2yiZ2Hg

[TwilightGardener]

1. Asshole wasn't even a good doctor. What a terrible waste, of lives, of time, of money.

Edit to add: please let this story put the boo-hoo-pity shit to rest about him being just SOOOO affected by soldiers' war stories. Dude couldn't even bother to answer the phone, or listen to his patients.

[EFerrari]

2. People who are quietly psychotic can seem "detached" because they are.

And these people should have known that.

[TwilightGardener]

6. Sounds like they knew he shouldn't be in psychiatry, but just didn't assemble

enough evidence against him--and interestingly, the article says they were conflicted about going after him because he was Muslim.

[EFerrari]

7. Every therapist I've dealt with in any way, for myself or my family

or as support people in other situations, gets mental health "check ups" from someone routinely. Why is this best practice not followed in the military? Or is it? It wasn't done in this case.

[msongs]

3. give me that old time religion nt

[ChiciB1]

4. Well, What Does This All Say About Our Infamous HOMELAND SECURITY??

Guess it NEVER worked and it has been a HOAX from the get-go!! Just GO STRAIGHT TO WAR... don't stop on BOARDWALK!!

Trillions of dollars DOWN A RAT HOLE!

And YES, I'm P.O.'ed because NOW, once again the WHOLE "kill 'em over there" issue has reared it's UGLY HEAD!! Even the MILITARY can't deal with what was apparently evident and close to their very own NOSES!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Repeating the NPR story with their un-identified sources. Read this:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/24853

[Soylent Brice]

8. i sure hope others click on this link.

[Blue_Tires]

11. yeah, i've noticed a trend

and while i don't want to sound tinfoil-y, the error-filled early press conference along with the almost instant mountain of eyewitness and colleague reports about the shooter's job aptitude, beliefs and mental makeup (not to mention the mosque and FBI surveillance)...it just doesn't seem quite right -- almost too picture-perfect, imo...

[sattahipdeep]

13. What a banana republic

Hasan Lawyer: 'Going to Protect All His Rights' :eyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3bIne_1zzU


What a banana republic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlu_yLL3iL4

[kestrel91316]

9. What a loser. An embarrassment. How did he EVER get promoted???

[shadowknows69]

10. Riddle me this then Batman. If everyone knew this guy was such a risk

Then why were they about to send him to Iraq where he could potentially do more harm?

[sattahipdeep]

12. There is another reason

MOHAMMED HASAN: About a week before the incident, he hired a lawyer in order to leave the Army, get married, and live his life. But they rejected his request and asked him to go to Afghanistan. This was the biggest shock for him. So, there’s another reason why he did what he did, not just because of the harassment of the soldiers. There is another reason.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/9/when_the_war_comes_homes_iraq

....
Fort Hood Cover-Up: A Dozen Tales of Disinformation

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/24853


Hasan Lawyer: 'Going to Protect All His Rights'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3bIne_1zzU