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« Reply #1180 on: March 23, 2010, 01:17:16 PM »

Hasan to be transferred to Bell Co. Jail

Updated: 1:24 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Published: 10:58 p.m. Monday, March 22, 2010

Maj. Nidal Hasan, the suspect in the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives, will be transferred to the Bell County Jail, Sheriff Dan Smith announced Monday.

Smith said in a statement that Bell County commissioners formalized contract negotiations with Fort Hood officials to make the transfer possible. Hasan, who was shot and paralyzed during the incident, has been at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

"For security reasons, the date and time of Hasan's transfer to Bell County will not be published," Smith said in the statement.

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« Reply #1181 on: March 23, 2010, 01:19:58 PM »

Suspect may move closer to scene of Fort Hood shooting

Washington (CNN) -- The Army is a big step closer to moving Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan to a jail just 19 miles from the scene of the November massacre that left 13 people dead.

Bell County announced Monday it finalized a deal that will have the Army pay the costs of extra security and medical care for Hasan inside the Bell County Jail.

Hasan's civilian attorney, John Galligan, told CNN on Monday he anticipates "the move will happen shortly."

Bell County Sheriff Dan Smith released a statement confirming the agreement to house Hasan if he is moved from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The Bell County jail has for years contracted to detain Fort Hood soldiers who are in trouble with the law. But this case required a special amendment to the Army's contract with the Bell County jail.

"The extraordinary circumstances surrounding this inmate require unusual and extraordinary security measures. These issues could not have been addressed without this contract amendment," the sheriff said in a statement.

The final decision about moving Hasan will be made by Col. Morgan Lamb, the special court-martial convening authority in the shooting case. He will make that based on recommendations from Hasan's doctors at BAMC, according to Margaret Brewster, a spokeswoman at Fort Hood.

Galligan said that if Hasan is moved, he'll ask a magistrate to reconsider his confinement. Galligan said Hasan belongs in a hospital, not a jail.

"Maj. Hasan can't even go to the bathroom by himself; he is not a threat to anyone," Galligan said. Hasan has been paralyzed from the chest down since the shooting at the base in November.

Hasan was moved to BAMC shortly after the shooting. Galligan has been asking for weeks for his client to be moved closer to Fort Hood to make it easier for him to consult with Hasan about the case. San Antonio is roughly 150 miles from Fort Hood and Galligan's office; the Bell County jail is about 20 miles away.

Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, is accused of killing 13 people and injuring several others in the November 5 shooting at the Fort Hood Army Post near Killeen. He has not pleaded to the charges.

He is due for an Article 32 hearing on June 1. The hearing is similar to a civilian grand jury hearing, except that it's open to the public and Hasan attorney's will be allowed present evidence on his clients behalf.

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« Reply #1182 on: March 25, 2010, 01:17:12 PM »

Costly care for accused Fort Hood killer

by MERIT OSSIAN / WFAA-TV

Posted on March 24, 2010 at 9:51 PM

Updated yesterday at 9:51 PM


The cost of caring for accused Fort Hood massacre gunman Nidal Hasan is adding up. The military will pay Bell County $207,000 to transfer and care for him.

Here's how the contract spelled it all out:

Between now and September, security for Nadal Hasan is expected to cost $152,000; medical equipment will cost $30,000; and it costs the county $133  a day to house one special needs prisoner.

For security reasons, the time and date of Hasan's move to the Bell County Jail is not being released.

Hasan was paralyzed by a civilian police officer responding to the gunfire at Fort Hood.

Hasan is accused of killing 13 people and injuring 30 in the incident last November.

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« Reply #1183 on: April 01, 2010, 01:23:24 PM »

Ft. Hood suspect apparently being moved to jail

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SAN ANTONIO — The Army officer accused in the Foort Hood shooting rampage is apparently being moved from a hospital to jail.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's attorney, John Galligan of Belton, says doctors at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio gave Hasan a "discharge physical" Wednesday evening.

Galligan says he has no official word on whether Hasan is being moved. But he noted that Wednesday was the first day of a 183-day, $206,796 contract between Fort Hood and Bell County for a 24-hour guard and special medical support for Hasan at the county's jail in Belton.

A message left with Brooke Army Medical Center was not returned Wednesday night.

Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 of attempted premeditated murder in the Nov. 5 shootings.

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« Reply #1184 on: April 01, 2010, 01:27:59 PM »

Ft. Hood suspect being moved to jailFt. Hood suspect being moved to jail

Updated: Thursday, 01 Apr 2010, 12:16 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 01 Apr 2010, 9:25 AM CDT

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BELTON, Texas (KXAN) - Accused of opening fire on soldiers at Fort Hood , Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is scheduled for transportation from an Army hospital to a Belton jail.

The Army psychiatrist allegedly killed 13 and wounded 32 others during a Nov. 5 shooting rampage.

Hit by an officer's bullet, Hasan was paralyzed from the chest down. He has been in Brooke Army Medical Center since November, but that is about to change.

Hasan is set to be transported from medical center located in San Antonio to Bell County, where he will remain in a Belton jail. He will stay in the jail's infirmary while awaiting his trial for the shooting at Ft. Hood.

The wheelchair-bound soldier is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of premeditated attempted murder. A couple of heroic officers stopped Hasan during his alleged assault.

Earlier this week, Bell County started receiving payments for Hasan’s care. That's because Hasan received a "discharge physical" on Wednesday, which starts a 183-day contract between Ft. Hood  and the Bell County Jail.

The cost to the Army is $206,796 to house Hasan until September. According to Hasan's attorney, the Army is erecting a 15 foot fence around the courthouse in Ft. Hood in preparations for the Article 32 military hearing on June 1, 2010.

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« Reply #1185 on: April 09, 2010, 10:39:44 AM »

Fort Hood suspect moved from hospital to Texas jail

Associated Press - April 9, 2010 10:05 AM ET

BELTON, Texas (AP) - The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shootings has been moved today from a San Antonio military hospital to the Bell County Jail near the post.

Maj. Nidal Hasan's attorney, John Galligan, told The Associated Press that a Fort Hood official confirms Hasan was airlifted to the jail. Galligan was concerned that authorities did not notify him of the transfer in advance -- as promised.

1 of Hasan's relatives visited him last night at Brooke Army Medical Center. Online records list Hasan as a Bell County Jail inmate today.

Hasan had been at the military hospital since shortly after the Nov. 5 attacks, which left him paralyzed after civilian police shot him to stop the rampage.

He's charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. Hasan faces a hearing, similar to a grand jury proceeding, as early as July 1.

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« Reply #1186 on: April 09, 2010, 10:43:26 AM »


Officials released Maj. Nidal Hassan's booking photo.

Fort Head shooting suspect released from hospital

An Army major charged with shooting 13 people to death at Fort Hood, Texas, in November has been moved to a jail in Bell County, Texas, a deputy said Friday.

Maj. Nidal Hasan was severely wounded by police in the shootings and had been hospitalized at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Hasan's lawyer said his client was paralyzed from the waist down and will likely never walk again.

Jail records show that Hasan was booked into the jail early Friday. Fort Hood is in Bell County.

"Nidal Hasan is here," Deputy David Burhnam of the Bell County Sheriff's Department said.

Hasan, 39, has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder, 32 counts of attempted murder and will face trial in the military's legal system.

The November 5 shooting spree killed 12 soldiers and one civilian. More than 30 others were wounded.

Hasan, a licensed Army psychiatrist, was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan as part of a behavioral health support team a few weeks after the shootings took place.

Military records show Hasan received his appointment to the Army as a first lieutenant in June 1997 after graduating from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, with a degree in biochemistry. Six years later, he graduated from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' F. Edward Hebert School Of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, and was an intern, resident and fellow at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

He was promoted to major in May 2009.

Hasan had been telling his family since 2001 that he wanted to get out of the military but was unsuccessful, said a spokeswoman for his cousin, Nader Hasan. She added that he told his family he was taunted after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

A Muslim born to Palestinian-American parents, Hasan had earlier expressed views that were brought to the attention of his Army superiors and the FBI. He also had exchanged e-mails with radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaeda recruiter and supporter based in Yemen.

Terrorism investigators monitoring al-Awlaki intercepted Hasan's communications with the cleric but an employee of the Defense Department's Criminal Investigative Services assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force dropped the investigation after reviewing the communications and Hasan's personnel files, officials told CNN last year.

Officials have determined that the Fort Hood shooting suspect acted alone and was not part of an organized attack. A criminal profiler also told CNN that Hasan fits the profile of a mass murderer better than that of a terrorist.

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« Reply #1187 on: April 09, 2010, 10:46:07 AM »

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Updated: Friday, 09 Apr 2010, 10:04 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 09 Apr 2010, 9:48 AM EDT

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BELTON, Texas (KXAN) - Bell County Sheriff's Deputy David Burnham confirmed Friday, "Nidal Hasan is here."

"Here" is the Bell County Jail Complex in Belton, Texas, about 20 miles from the Ft. Hood post.

Accused of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others during a Nov. 5 shooting rampage , Maj. Nidal Hasan is out of the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio . Authorities airlifted him overnight, while the Associated Press pinpoints the time to around 4 a.m. Friday.

Ft. Hood officials said Hasan's unit - the 21st Combat Aviation Brigade - provided the air assets to move him to his pretrial confinement facility.

His attorney, John Galligan, told The Associated Press that he's concerned authorities did not notify him of the transfer in advance as promised.

Hasan, also an Army psychiatrist, is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.

An officer's bullet hit Hasan during the November shooting, and he and remains paralyzed from the chest down. Hasan had been staying at the San Antonio hospital since the shooting.

The Bell County Jail started receiving payments for Hasan’s care in late March, after Hasan received a "discharge physical" on March 31, which starts a 183-day contract between Ft. Hood and the Bell County Jail.

The cost to the Army is $206,796 to house Hasan until September.

According to Galligan, the Army is erecting a 15-foot fence around the courthouse in Ft. Hood in preparations for the Article 32 military hearing on June 1, 2010.

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« Reply #1188 on: April 09, 2010, 04:45:37 PM »

Ft. Hood suspect to be isolated in Texas jail
By ANGELA K. BROWN, AP

 BELTON, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood will be kept isolated from other inmates at the Texas jail where he's been transferred.

Maj. Nidal Hasan was airlifted from a San Antonio military hospital to the Bell County Jail in Belton at about 4 a.m. Friday.

Sheriff Dan Smith says Hasan will be kept in a cell in the jail infirmary and will be under 24-hour watch. Smith did not say whether Hasan is under guard because of fears for his safety or others.

Hasan had been at the military hospital since shortly after the Nov. 5 shooting spree that left him paralyzed. He is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

BELTON, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting was transferred early Friday from a San Antonio military hospital to a jail near the Army post, his attorney said.

Maj. Nidal Hasan's attorney, John Galligan, told The Associated Press that a Fort Hood official confirmed that Hasan was airlifted to the jail at about 4 a.m.

Hasan was listed as a Bell County Jail inmate as of Friday morning, according to the jail's online records.

Fort Hood officials said Hasan had been transferred overnight and referred questions to Bell County Sheriff Dan Smith, who was to discuss details at a Friday afternoon news conference.

Galligan said he was concerned that authorities did not notify him of the transfer in advance as promised. One of Hasan's relatives visited him Thursday night at San Antonio's Brooke Army Medical Center but was told Friday that Hasan was not there, Galligan said.

Hasan had been at the military hospital since shortly after the Nov. 5 shooting spree, which left him paralyzed. He is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.

He faces an Article 32 hearing, similar to a grand jury proceeding, as early as July 1. After that, a military judge will determine whether there is enough evidence to go to trial. Prosecutors have not said whether they would seek the death penalty.

Last month, Bell County commissioners finalized a contract with the military to house Hasan. Although the jail usually houses military defendants from nearby Fort Hood, which does not have holding facilities, a special agreement was required for Hasan because "unusual and extraordinary security measures" were necessary, the sheriff has said.

Smith previously said he would provide details about transferring and housing Hasan only after he was at the jail.

Galligan has said the 183-day jail contract to house Hasan began March 31, the day Hasan was given a medical discharge to leave the military hospital.


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« Reply #1189 on: April 11, 2010, 10:09:54 PM »

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Car show raises money for Fort Hood Memorial Garden
April 10, 2010

From classic to sporty to modern, more than 100 cars took over parts of downtown Temple Saturday.

The Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, SPJST, coordinated the car show to raise money for the Fort Hood Living Memorial Garden project to honor the victims of the Nov. 5, 2009 Fort Hood shootings.

"Since this is a car show and all the proceeds are going towards a Fort Hood memorial, I'd figure this would be the best show and the best time to debut the car," participant Alma Jo Barrera said.

Barrera has spent one and a half years working on her 1973 Volkswagen super Beetle.

"I decided to go with a red, white and blue theme just to go patriotic and then, as I started talking to people about it, the car kind of took a life of its own," she said.

She added the names of veterans on the car, her friends and family. Barrera has also served in the Army.

"The one on the passenger’s side is for my companion, my soul mate’s dog tags. And then the ones on the driver’s side are my dog tags," she said showing her custom upholstered seats.

Other veterans like Bill Gillen joined Barrera in showing off his car.

"It's something worthwhile for the community and everybody," Gillen said.

It's an event that shows the community is still coming together to heal.

"These soldiers that were killed and injured need all the support that anybody and everybody can give them," Barrera said.

The official groundbreaking for the memorial garden project is currently scheduled for May 1 on the grounds of the Killeen Civic and Conference Center.
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« Reply #1190 on: April 19, 2010, 08:03:44 AM »

Gates Rejects Call for Fort Hood Details

By YOCHI J. DREAZEN

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—The Pentagon will continue to limit the information about the Fort Hood shooting it provides to lawmakers to avoid jeopardizing the suspect's prosecution, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday, brushing off a subpoena threat from a Senate panel.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has accused the Obama administration of stonewalling its probe by failing to make key officials available for interviews or provide access to intelligence files. This past week, the panel said it would issue subpoenas if the information wasn't provided by Monday.

Speaking to reporters here, Mr. Gates said the Defense Department wasn't trying to hide anything from the Senate committee seeking information about whether more could have been done to prevent the November assault, in which 13 soldiers died and more than 30 others were wounded.

But the defense chief made clear that the Pentagon would continue to hold off on sharing any information that could make it harder for military prosecutors to convict the suspect, Maj. Nidal Hasan, who could face the death penalty.

"We have no interest in hiding anything, but what's most important is this prosecution," Mr. Gates told reporters after a regional security conference here.

Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman (I., Ct.) released a written statement shortly after Mr. Gates's remarks arguing that the information requested by his panel "clearly has no bearing on the prosecution" and dismissing as "baseless" the administration's arguments for refusing to make officials available for interviews.

Lawmakers on the panel have been pressing the White House for interviews with officials and access to files that would help determine if government agencies had properly shared intelligence about Maj. Hasan—including intercepts of his emails with a radical imam in Yemen—that had been collected leading up to the Nov. 5 assault. They have also sought Maj. Hasan's personnel file.

On Thursday, Mr. Lieberman said the panel's efforts to investigate the government's handling of Maj. Hasan had been "met with much foot dragging, very limited assistance, and changing reasons why the administration cannot provide us with the information we have requested."

More than five months after Maj. Hasan allegedly opened fire on a crowd of his fellow soldiers, the standoff between Congress and the White House over access to the military and intelligence files about the accused gunman shows few signs of abating.

Administration officials say the prosecution's case would be threatened if military officials who had worked with Maj. Hasan or Federal Bureau of Investigation officials who are leading the continuing investigation of the suspected gunman were compelled to testify before Mr. Lieberman's panel.

White House officials say they also want to avoid public disclosure of the electronic intelligence that has been collected about Anwar al-Awlaki, the militant cleric in Yemen who traded emails with Maj. Hasan in the run-up to the Fort Hood assault.

But Mr. Lieberman and others on his panel reject the administration's contention that sharing more information about Maj. Hasan would imperil his prosecution on multiple counts of premeditated murder. The lawmakers note that many of the military officials they are seeking to interview already talked to retired Adm. Vern Clark and former Army Secretary Togo West, who led an internal Pentagon review of the shootings.

Write to Yochi J. Dreazen at yochi.dreazen@wsj.com

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« Reply #1191 on: April 19, 2010, 08:07:51 AM »

Pentagon Makes Policy Changes After Fort Hood Inquiry


April 16, 2010 1:59 p.m. EST
Kris Alingod - AHN News Contributor

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - Defense Sec. Robert Gates has ordered military officials to adopt dozens of changes to policy and emergency procedures after an inquiry into the shooting at Fort Hood found gaps in the the Pentagon's rules on anti-terror and criminal threats.

Gates instructed his agency to immediately implement 26 recommendations made by an independent panel headed by former Army Secretary Togo West and retired Navy Adm. Vernon Clark.

The panel gave 79 recommendations to close gaps in personnel policies, mass casualty preparedness and security programs. The Pentagon is still studying the remaining 53 recommendations, some of which require amendments to federal law.

The report from the panel, which will be released in June, said the Defense Department's commitment to the Joint Terrorism Task Force program with the FBI is "inadequate." It also said military policy on banned activities is unclear and does not allow commanders to act with guidance on potential threats to troop discipline and good order.

Paul Stockton, the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and domestic security affairs, will serve as the Pentagon's lead in the Joint Terrorism Task Force program. Gates also instructed officials to issue instructions that have "actionable" guidance for commanders faced with threatening troop behavior.

The Pentagon will adopt the eGuardian, an unclassified system used by the FBI to report suspicious activities. James Clapper, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, has been ordered to prepare a policy for privately owned weapons in the absence of such rules within the Defense Department.

The shooting at Fort Hood occurred on Nov. 5 at a "readiness center" where troops routinely gather for medical and dental consultations before their deployment. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist and practicing Muslim, is believed to have used a handgun and a semiautomatic against fellow soldiers.

The tragedy at the nation's largest military base occurred just days before Veterans Day and amid public debate about whether more troops should be sent to fight in the Afghan war, now on its ninth year.

Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of first degree murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. His motives are still unclear, but he was due for deployment before the shooting and had sent e-mail messages to Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki while he was a doctor at alter Reed Medical Center.

Awlaki is the former imam of the Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center in Virginia, a mosque attended by two 9/11 hijackers. An American citizen, he has been included in the target list of people the CIA is authorized to capture or kill.

Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018421400?Pentagon%20Makes%20Policy%20Changes%20After%20Fort%20Hood%20Inquiry#ixzz0lXyxaAPy
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« Reply #1192 on: April 19, 2010, 11:00:01 PM »

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Congress demands Fort Hood shooting documents
Posted Monday, April 19, 2010


WASHINGTON -- Congress and the Obama administration on Monday headed toward a showdown over access to information about how an Army major with known contacts to Islamic extremists was able to carry out a deadly shooting spree at a Texas military base last fall.

Saying the Pentagon and Justice Department had failed to cooperate in Congress' efforts to understand what took place, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued subpoenas to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding documents about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the disgruntled Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people and injuring another 32 during a Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas.

Among the documents the committee is seeking: any that show what the Joint Terrorist Task Force in San Diego and the National Terrorism Task Force in Washington knew about Hasan's e-mail exchanges with Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemen-based, U.S.-born imam with links to three of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., the committee's chairman, said the panel wants to determine how Hasan could communicate with Awlaki, speak regularly to colleagues and patients about his doubts that American Muslims should take part in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and be the subject of persistent concern among his supervisors and still not be investigated by the military or FBI. Instead, he was sent from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington to Fort Hood to counsel soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

"There were repeated signals being sent off by Major Hasan that he was a potential danger," Lieberman said in a conference call with reporters. "We want specific information on what those signals were and why was nothing done about them."

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama authorized U.S. forces to kill al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen.

In addition to documents about Hasan's contacts with al-Awlaki, the subpoena also seeks Hasan's personnel file; any documents that would show what defense intelligence agencies and military criminal units knew about Hasan prior to the shooting, and "all transcripts, reports or summaries of prosecutorial interviews of witnesses that were provided to the staff" of an independent Defense Department review headed by former Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr., and retired Adm. Vern Clark, a former chief of naval operations.

The Senate committee also wants copies of an otherwise unexplained secret document that was given to West and Clark on Jan. 15.

The subpoena gives Gates and Holder until next Monday to provide the documents.

"We expect some cooperation from the executive branch to carry out our responsibility," Lieberman told reporters.

It's unlikely the Obama administration will comply, however. Senior Pentagon legal officials said that releasing too much information could taint the jury pool and jeopardize Hasan's military trial.

"We consider a release to Congress, analytically, to be a release to the public," one senior legal official said. "The military investigation trumps" the congressional one, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the investigation.

The Pentagon officials said the Defense Department already had given hundreds of documents and video to the committee, but in their letter, Lieberman and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said most of that information was either publicly available or didn't provide the information they sought.

The letter rejected the administration's concerns about Hasan's upcoming court martial and said the unwillingness to surrender documents smacked of a cover-up.

"Unfortunately, it is impossible for us to avoid reaching the conclusion that the departments simply do not want to cooperate with our investigation," the letter said.

Last week, the Pentagon released a summary of what actions Gates has authorized as a result of the West/Clark investigation. The investigation itself hasn't been released.

The summary said the investigation had concluded that at the time of the Fort Hood shootings, the Pentagon had no way to track reports of suspicious activity by service members. A previous system was terminated in 2007, the summary said, and a pilot program to find a new tracking system had been completed only in July 2009. That system, however, will now be implemented throughout the military, with a plan for doing so due by June 30, the summary said.

It also said the investigation had found the Pentagon's cybersecurity policies didn't require that information uncovered in routine counterintelligence work - such as monitoring Defense Department e-mails - be passed to the military's "investigative organizations."

The summary also said the investigation had determined Pentagon policies didn't cover activities such as Hasan's that unnerved his colleagues but didn't include outright membership in an extremist organization, which would have been prohibited.

Hasan, who was paralyzed when Fort Hood police officers returned fire, is being held at the Belton County Jail in Texas. A court martial date hasn't been set.

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« Reply #1193 on: April 20, 2010, 12:06:33 AM »

Posted: 11:41 PM Apr 19, 2010
Ft. Hood Shooting: Senate Subpoenas Key Info
Lawmakers Suggest Obama Administration May Be Covering Up Information that Could Have Prevented Slaying of 13

Reporter: CBS news/ AP

(CBS/AP) A Senate committee has subpoenaed the Obama administration for information on last year's mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.

Lawmakers have suggested the administration may be covering up critical details on the case, including whether the government had information that could have prevented the shooting.

The Defense Department has said it doesn't want to compromise the prosecution of Maj. Nidal Hasan a disgruntled Army doctor charged with killing 13 people.

The department last week announced actions it would take to "address gaps and deficiencies in personnel policies, force protection measures, emergency response, mass casualty preparedness and support to Department of Defense health care providers."

A panel chaired by former Army secretary Togo D. West, Jr., and retired Adm. Vern Clark, the former chief of naval operations, made 79 recommendations after the Fort hood shooting. The actions taken by the Department of Defense will follow up on 26 of the recommendations, according to a Department of Defense press release. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense & Americas' Security Affairs Paul Stockton will make recommendations on the remaining 53 in June, according to the press release.

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« Reply #1194 on: April 28, 2010, 06:20:05 PM »

Army will seek death penalty for Fort Hood gunman

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Posted on April 28, 2010 at 4:43 PM

FORT WORTH (AP) — Military prosecutors have sent a notice indicating they plan to seek the death penalty against the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting.

That's according to defense attorney John Galligan, who says he received the notice Wednesday outlining an aggravating factor -- that more than one person was killed in the same incident. Military law experts say that's the Army's way of saying they plan to seek the death penalty.

If military jurors were to convict Maj. Nidal Hasan, they could sentence him to death only if they found that there was an aggravating factor in the case, according to military law.

Hasan is accused of opening fire at the post on Nov. 5, killing 13 and wounding dozens others. Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder, which carries the death penalty.

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« Reply #1195 on: May 22, 2010, 10:06:54 AM »

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Perot aiding Fort Hood victim facing sixth brain surgery
May 21, 2010

TEMPLE — At Scott & White Memorial Hospital, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Zeigler, 28, will undergo his sixth brain surgery on Friday morning as doctors try to drain fluid from his brain after the four gunshot wounds he suffered during that deadly shooting at Fort Hood Army Post last November.

"Doctors can tell you what the statistics are, but you're always going to have people who prove them wrong," said Jessica Hansen, Zeigler's fiancé. "He's done that so far."

Three weeks ago, surgeons replaced the plastic plate on the right side of Ziegler's head where a bullet wound blew out a massive portion of his skull.

"Thirteen people died next to him," Hansen recalled. "If ever there's a moment I feel weak or ungrateful, I think of those people."

Hansen, 22, was studying neuropsychology — how the brain functions — at a Boston college when the shooting happened.

She is now living her college major as she sits by Zeigler's side and watches him recover day and night.

He is the last survivor still hospitalized, six months after Maj. Nidal Hassan is suspected of opening fire at Fort Hood.

Four bullets struck Zeigler; one pierced his skull.

For the first time, it has become clear just how serious his wounds were after surgeons gave the couple a mold of Zeigler's skull,  which shows a large part missing on the right side.

"He was sitting down when he was shot," Hansen said, pointing to the missing piece in the skull mold. "The bullet entered here at the top of the hole."

The injury has now left him without use of his left arm and left foot, but Ziegler's personality was left unscathed.

"Just this morning, at 5 a.m., he woke up and said, 'Get me my uniform! I have to go to work!.' I said, 'You're dreaming.' He said, 'I'm not dreaming. The command is going to get mad if I don't go to work,'" Hansen said.

When News 8 first interviewed Zeigler in February, the staff sergeant was learning to walk again at a rehabilitation center between Austin and San Antonio.

But this month, his condition deteriorated after doctors replaced the plate in his skull and more fluid built up on his brain. On Friday, doctors will insert a new tube to drain the fluid through a hole they drilled on top of his skull.

Ross Perot and another Dallas philanthropist, Richard Lottie, have provided valuable assistance to shooting victims, Hansen said, and often communicate with Hansen and Zeigler.

Perot and Lottie asked a neurosurgeon friend of theirs from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas to visit Zeigler in the Temple hospital last week to offer a fresh perspective on his most serious setback so far.

Despite her fiancé's condition, Hansen said she remains in contact with many of the other shooting victims and their families. She has started an online forum as well, and hopes to reunite many of the soldiers with their care providers.

Hansen said Zeigler has made more progress than anyone anticipated.

The two have also set a wedding date for July 9, 2011.

Zeigler likely wants to stay in the military, Hansen said, though it's uncertain in what role. Fort Hood and the Army have been generous over the last six months, she added.

After rushing to Texas from Massachusetts in the hours after the shooting last November, Hansen said she and Zeigler — along with other victims — have survived financially with assistance from the Association of the United States Army.

Zeigler turns 29 at the end of May, the day before his suspected shooter, Maj. Hassan, faces his first court hearing over the events of that deadly day.
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« Reply #1196 on: May 24, 2010, 07:58:24 PM »

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Hasan hearing scheduled for next week
May 24, 2010

The opening session of the Article 32 hearing in the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is scheduled to begin June 1,
officials said today. Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Nov. 5 shooting at Fort Hood. The Article 32 hearing is roughly equivalent to a grand jury hearing in civilian court.

Hasan’s attorney John Galligan said that at the opening hearing he would request a continuance until Oct. 1. Fort Hood officials said the opening session would not include any witness testimony.

Hasan has been in the Bell County Jail since April. He was previously at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he was being treated for a gunshot wound he received during the shootings.
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« Reply #1197 on: June 01, 2010, 10:44:03 AM »

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1st court appearance for Ft. Hood shooting suspect
June 1, 2010

FORT HOOD, Texas — A military court hearing has begun for the Army psychiatrist accused of gunning down 13 people at Fort Hood, and his defense attorney is likely to seek a delay.

Maj. Nidal Hasan (nih-DAHL' hah-SAHN') made his first courtroom appearance Tuesday, but wasn't expected to speak at the hearing. Military prosecutors and defense attorneys instead were to discuss case preparations.

Defense attorney John Galligan says he'll seek to delay Hasan's Article 32 hearing. That's similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding in which a judge hears witness testimony to determine whether the case should go to trial.

Authorities have said it could be held as early as July 1.

Galligan says the hearing shouldn't go on before Oct. 1 because he still needs key case documents.
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« Reply #1198 on: June 01, 2010, 10:47:23 AM »

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Ft. Hood accused shooter in court
Hasan's Article 32 hearing begins after 13 killed
June 1, 2010

Ft. Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan

KXAN (Austin) - The man accused of mass murder in Fort Hood had his first court appearance today. Major Nadal Hasan, 39, faces the death penalty on 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in connection with the Nov. 5 shooting rampage in Killeen.

The opening session of the pre-trial investigation, or Article 32 hearing, is similar to a grand jury hearing.

Hasan's attorney John Galligan is asking for a continuance, saying there are several essential documents that are missing. The documents include a classified investigation conducted by the White House and Securities Advisor. He also wants e-mails between Anwar Al-Awlaki, a man accused of terror attacks against the US.

Galligan is also requesting more time because of Hasan's medical condition and has told KXAN the Bell County Jail is not fit to adequately care for his client because he is confined to a wheelchair and paralyzed from the waist down. Galligan is also asking the court they take breaks because Hasan can not sit for long amounts of time and that could compromise his ability to take part in the hearing.
Galligan is asking the next Article 32 hearing be delayed until Oct. 1.

The opening session will address preliminary matters. No witness testimony will be heard during this opening session, according to Fort Hood officials. The Fort Hood shooting happened less than a month before Hasan was to be deployed to Afghanistan.

Security is extremely tight, and officials are not letting cameras into the courtroom. Even though all the media has undergone background checks and passed through metal detectors, reporters are watching the proceedings on a TV in a media conference room - where they are not allowed cell phones or recording devices.

Authorities did allow a sketch artist in the courtroom, and this is the first public glance of Hasan since the shooting. He is confined to a wheelchair and paralyzed from the waist down.

But he looked alert and was clear and concise when he spoke to the investigating officer.

The officer reminded him several times not to say anything about the charges against him.

The 32 surviving shooting victims will be called to testify.

Army officials brought in extra security and canines to check the courthouse as visitors entered. They also put up a new fence around the building to ensure it's secure during the hearing.
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Fort Hood suspect's attorney calls prosecutors ‘kill team’
June 1, 2010

FORT HOOD — As the nation remembers its veterans this Memorial Day, Fort Hood is preparing to reopen one if its darkest days.

Maj. Nidal Hasan goes to court for the first time Tuesday morning in charges related to the shooting deaths of 13 colleagues and injuries of more than 30 others on post last November.

But Hasan’s lead defense attorney, Ret. Col. John Galligan, told News 8 that there’s no way he can move forward Tuesday at the Article 32 Hearing, which is similar to a preliminary hearing in the military justice system.

“They’ve budgeted several million dollars,” Galligan said. “They brought in a team of special prosecutors.”

Galligan calls those prosecutors a "kill team" and "hit squad."

“Yeah, they’re down here, I think, with a mission,” Galligan continued. “Try Maj. Hasan and get a death penalty.


Hasan is paralyzed from the chest down. He’s only able to use his arms, Col. Galligan said, and is currently battling a bladder infection. He hasn’t been seen publicly since the November shooting.

Neither evidence nor witnesses will be presented until July 1.

Col. Galligan, a former military judge, prosecutor and defense attorney, said if and when his client eventually goes to trial, that should be moved out of Fort Hood.

He added that the government has yet to hand over FBI reports and classified documents which he thinks might reveal concern inside the Army before the shooting about Maj. Hasan’s mental state.

“I’m very frustrated,” Galligan said. “In 35-plus years, I have never experienced the type of delay, stonewalling, obstructionism that has occurred in this case.”

“I met with the prosecutors yesterday. I know that’s an absolute false statement,” Leila Hunt-Willingham said.

She is the older sister of U.S. Army Spc. J.D. Hunt, who was killed in the massacre on November 5.

Spc. Hunt was in the processing center that day preparing to return to Iraq for his second tour of duty.

Still, his sister, who said she has met with prosecutors twice, said she is not vengeful — she simply wants justice.

"Every time people hear the word 'Hasan,' I want them to think of 13 other names," she said. "Instead of focusing on the terrorists or evil or anger, just focus on the sacrifice and the heroes that died for us."

This Memorial Day, Hunt-Willingham and thousands of others across the country are doing just that as the U.S. Army prepares to prosecute a man many call a mass murderer in the military.
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Well, well, well.  Let me think.  We all know there's a "kill team", and that would be the ONE MAN kill team Nadal Hassan, who murdered 13 of his collegues and injured another 30, in front of many reliable witnesses.  I have absolutely no problem with a special prosecution team being brought in and seeking the death penalty for Hasan.  It's just too bad so much time and money have to be wasted going through the motions.  Hasan has had medical care, he's got legal representation and now the time's come for him to face what he's done, which was the slaughter of 13 innocent people and wounding another 30, all done with premeditation.  He didn't have the b*lls to just put his pistol to his  own head and blow his brains out, but instead chose to do what he did.  Just prop that barsteward up against the wall and let him face a firing squad.   
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