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A U.S. military tribunal has opened a hearing to decide if an Army major should stand trial for last year's shooting spree at the Fort Hood base in Texas that killed 13 people and left more than 40 others wounded.
The accused, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was left paralyzed by bullet wounds inflicted after he allegedly opened fire at the base on November 5, 2009.
The so-called "Article 32" hearing is the U.S. military's equivalent of a grand jury hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to bring Hasan, 40, to trial.
The hearing is expected to include testimony from Army personnel who witnessed the shooting rampage.
Hasan, who faces 13 counts of premeditated murder, is alleged to have links to Islamic extremism, including contact with an Al-Qaeda-linked cleric based in Yemen.
Many soldiers who have been based at Fort Hood have deployed to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.rferl.org/content/Hearing_Scheduled_To_Begin_In_Case_Of_Accused_Fort_Hood_Killer/2187794.htmlA U.S. military tribunal has opened a hearing to decide if an Army major should stand... more
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Fort Hood massacre suspect Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan had business cards that identified him as a "soldier of Allah," and federal investigators are looking at whether he wired money to Pakistan militants.
Hasan also communicated by e-mail with a radical imam who called the Fort Hood gunman a hero.
He also told colleagues that non-Muslims should be beheaded and have boiling oil poured down their throats.
He also shouted Allah Akbhar while killing the "infidels."
So why isn't the President calling this domestic radical Islamic terrorist a terrorist?
Is it because the killer wasn't dressed like the guys above in the photo?
Do you have to be wearing terrorist clothing?Fort Hood massacre suspect Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan had business cards that... more
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Does Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan's religion matter? Speculation as to Hasan's motive continue to center around Hasan's Islamic religion. Many want to insist that the actions of Hasan constitute proof that Islam, taken as a whole, is a violent, destructive, and ultimately corrupt religion.
http://bit.ly/1QWH1SDoes Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan's religion matter? Speculation as to... more
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Most people thought that blaming the student culture at Virginia Tech for what happened at Fort Hood was a ludicrous statement. But now some people want to blame Muslims for the atrocities.
While the investigators don't want to simply call the motive a "jihad", Sen. Joe Lieberman (aka Traitor Joe) has gone ahead and blamed Muslims for what happened. Not a birther, not a Republican, not a Conservative talk show host, but Joe Lieberman from Connecticut.
The US Army has made it a stated policy that they are not gong to simply blame "Islamic Jihads" as a motive while at the same time trying to avoid outcasting Muslims who are serving in the military. According to the FBI, Hasan action is not connected or part of any major terrorist plot to attack Americans. Its a simple case of a guy going postal.
Yet, Traitor Joe wants a Congressional hearing to determine if Hasan's Islamic belief was a motive for the attack. This is basically a nice way of Lieberman saying that he is blaming all Muslims for what happen and is encouraging inner community violence.
Its obvious that Lieberman has a deep hatred of the Muslim faith and now is going to use his congressional power to scapegoat a religion because of the actions of one lunatic.~y2009m11d9-Lieberman-blaims-Fort-Hood-massacre-on-Muslims
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Hasan likely suffered from secondary PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) in listening to the many troops' horrid stories of war as they came to him after returning from war. Fort Hood Private Michael Kern who knew of Hasan tells of his own problems dealing with his killing a child, and how stories like this had to effect Hasan.
Watch the video: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/9/when_the_war_comes_homes_iraq
Hasan had tried in vain to leave the military but there was no way once you are deployed as the private says.
Hasan's cousin tells Amy Goodman, "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."
An independent journalist and author Dahr Jamail describes how the military pressures troops to "suck it up" and not admit to any PTSD, which indicates the problem is a "rampant problem." According to Jamail, "And even those that do get help and go get treatment, they find themselves being put back into action anyway. As of last year, more than 43,000 soldiers already listed as medically unfit to be deployed were deployed anyway. We have a situation right now in Iraq where 12 percent of combat troops in Iraq, and then over in Afghanistan 17 percent of combat troops in Afghanistan, are already on psychotropic meds to help them sleep at night and because they have PTSD and severe depression. And this is just that we know of. So, they’re encouraged not to talk about it, not to get help. And then when they do, they simply don’t tend to get the treatment that they need."
Private Kern went on to say that he didn't think anyone at Ft. Hood saw Hasan's religion as the problem, "And even those that do get help and go get treatment, they find themselves being put back into action anyway. As of last year, more than 43,000 soldiers already listed as medically unfit to be deployed were deployed anyway. We have a situation right now in Iraq where 12 percent of combat troops in Iraq, and then over in Afghanistan 17 percent of combat troops in Afghanistan, are already on psychotropic meds to help them sleep at night and because they have PTSD and severe depression. And this is just that we know of. So, they’re encouraged not to talk about it, not to get help. And then when they do, they simply don’t tend to get the treatment that they need.:
Hasan's lawyer requested he not be interrogated until further investigation and doubts there can be a fair trial in light of Obama's Tuesday visit and public statement made by the post commander.
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Retired Col. John P. Galligan said he was contacted Monday by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's family and was headed to an Army hospital in San Antonio to meet Hasan.
"Until I meet with him, it's best to say we're just going to protect all of his rights," Galligan said. "There's a lot of facts that still need to be developed, and the time for that will come in due course."
"You've got his commander in chief showing up tomorrow," Galligan said. "That same kind of publicity naturally creates an issue as to whether you find a fair and impartial forum, whether that's in the military or even if it were in a federal forum."
Hasan, 39, is accused of opening fire on the Army post on Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding 29 before civilian police shot him in the torso. He was taken into custody and eventually moved to Brooke Army Medical Center, where he was in stable condition Monday and able to talk, hospital spokesman Dewey Mitchell said.
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But Hasan has not yet been charged. Meanwhile the AP reports that a 9/11 terrorist contact praised Hasan's actions, which exacerbates the widespread hatred toward Hasan and is exactly the kind of reporting that makes for this issue of him being unable to get a fair trail.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihGepAkECGoDagETVBMpPb3w7Y3gD9BS96PO2
Military justice experts agree that this trial will be a long complicated proceeding. His physical and mental health will first have to be evaluated and will likely cause a delay of many months. He will be tried under the military justice system, not civilian law, unless there are findings that he was operating as an international terrorist, in which case he'll be transferred for federal prosecution under ant-terrorism laws.
If he remains in military custody it's unlikely he'll get the death penalty since the military justice system's lengthy appeals process has effectively thwarted all executions since 1961.
Hasan has not yet been charged with any crime either civilian or military. Richard Durbin, chief of the criminal section for the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Antonio declined to comment on Sunday.
Because of the high publicity the Army will offer his defense a "wide latitude."
The Houston Chronicle reports the following:
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“We're in for a long haul,” said Scott L. Silliman, a retired career JAG officer in the Air Force who now directs Duke University Law School's Center on Ethics and National Security....
What's likely to occur is a court-martial under Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to punish offenses allegedly committed by a man wearing a U.S. military uniform against other military personnel on a military base. The Army's Criminal Investigation Division is responsible for recommending charges, prompting the military equivalent of a grand jury, known as an Article 32 hearing, where both prosecutors and defense can present evidence.
Those results would be reviewed by base commander Cone, who would decide whether to convene a court-martial. The 12-person jury would be composed of officers higher in rank than Hasan – lieutenant colonels and above.
Under the rules of military justice, Hasan is permitted to have a lawyer present during interrogation, but former military lawyers say that the Army psychiatrist cannot be questioned by Army Criminal Investigation Division agents until doctors formally deem him medically and mentally able.
“A doctor would have to certify that the suspect is competent to decide whether to remain silent, speak to investigators or ask for a lawyer,” Silliman said. “He would have to be able to make an intelligent and informed decision before waiving any of his rights.”
....One military justice expert also predicted that an insanity defense is unlikely. Silliman said the standard for an insanity defense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice is that the suspect “cannot comprehend the wrongfulness of his actions.”
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Hasan's family demands that he be allow to speak to a lawyer before investigators or any mental health evaluation.
The Chronicle also reports that the trial will likely be moved from the Ft. Hood location because of the "climate" there and the large number of local victims.
Image: Kileen prepares for Obama's visit Tuesday
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6710592.htmlHasan likely suffered from secondary PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) in... more
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President Barack Obama responded to the tragedy at Fort Hood in his weekly radio/internet address. The President was somber while speaking of American sacrifice:
"It was in this place, on a base where our soldiers ought to feel most safe, where those brave Americans who are preparing to risk their lives in defense of our nation, lost their lives in a crime against our nation."
http://bit.ly/fhNixPresident Barack Obama responded to the tragedy at Fort Hood in his weekly... more
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