Army Wasn't Told of Hasan's Emails

[stevedeshazer]

Source: Wall Street Journal

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.

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Is there a coverup underway right now?

[EFerrari]

1. Yeah. The Pentagon is trying to cover up that Hasan say anything

to anyone that would listen to him.

[fishnfla]

2. hmm when were they written and when did they know?

article says "last year"

[humbled_opinion]

3. Who knows but this thing is all around bad.

Chain of Command should start handing in Resignations.

[boppers]

4. The emails didn't indicate a preventable crime.

That, and do we really want to publicize how much email is being intercepted and mined by the US government?

[hedgehog]

5. I've been out of the loop, but were the e-mails ever actually read?

I'm assuming they were written in English since I read teh accused shooter doesn't speak Arabic.

[boppers]

6. Yes, they were read, as least the ones I know about.

They were about the difficulties of being a conservative Muslim in the US military.