HOUSTON — The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, Tex., won a temporary delay of his trial on Wednesday, after a military appeals court halted the proceedings to allow it time to rule on whether the judge in his case can…
The army and officers at Walter Reed Hospital apparently missed warning signs of radicalization in Major Hasan, according to a military review concluded on Friday. “It is clear that as a department, we have not done enough to adapt to the evolving domestic-internal security threat to American troops and military facilities that has emerged over…
The Pentagon is developing an investigative report on Major Hasan to assess the military administration’s failings leading up to the shooting. Among central concerns are Hasan’s promotions, despite reports filed for on him inappropriate behavior.
Defense attorneys are compiling evidence to claim insanity for Major Hasan. It must be collected before a psychiatric evaluation is completed. The Army has created a sanity board to evaluate whether Hasan can mentally stand trial. Legal experts say it could buy him out of the death penalty, but it wouldn’t hand attorneys a win…
Yemeni cleric who allegedly was in contact with Major Hasan and Abdulmutallab has been targeted for arrest. The cleric has had little trouble from law enforcement until now, despite his support of al-Qaida and attempts to spread the ideology in the Muslim world. Authorities’ failure to react to him and other Islamist radicals in Yemen…
