Malik Nidal Hasan

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he found contacts between the alleged gunman behind a deadly shooting spree at a US military base and a radical Yemeni cleric "disturbing." Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee that US authorities were looking into whether warnings signs were missed before army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly went on a bloody rampage that left 13 people dead. "I will say that on the basis of what I know so far, it is disturbing to know that there was this interaction between Hasan and other people. That is, I find, disturbing," he said. The issue of Hasan's ... Read Full Story

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood is to make his initial court appearance at a hearing in the hospital Saturday. The hearing on whether Maj. Nidal Hasan should be jailed before trial is to be in his room at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, The New York Times reported. The Army could have Hasan jailed once he is discharged from Brooke. Military officials have charged Hasan with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Nov. 5 massacre at the Army post. Hasan was shot four times by Fort ... Read Full Story

Major Nidal Malik Hasan Became A Self-Radicalized Terrorist With The Help Of The Internet And Jihad Websites Like Revolutionmuslim.com Experts on terrorism say Major Hasan may be the latest example of an increasingly common type of terrorist, one who has been self-radicalized with the help of the Internet and who wreaks havoc without support from overseas networks and without having to cross a border to reach his target. Bruce Hoffman, a Georgetown University professor who studies terrorism, said such cases had appeared at a growing rate in the last year, most of them involving people with no direct ties to foreign terrorists. The trend ... Read Full Story

Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on a rampage at Fort Hood, Texas – an Army base six times the size of Dallas – in early November, 2009. Fort Hood is the most populous US military base in the world and is located in the rolling hills of Texas just outside of Killeen. My heart goes out to all the families and friends affected by this terrible tragedy. Hasan, a psychiatrist, killed- people and injured 30. He had a difficult time advising Muslim American soldiers what to do when they expressed confusion in fighting other Muslims abroad. Before Thursday’s shooting, Hasan reportedly gave away all ... Read Full Story

More reports are coming out about Major Nidal Hasan , who stands accused of the Fort Hood massacre. The New York Post reports that Hasan oversaw only 30 patients in 38 weeks, and that this was about 10% of what other doctors were accomplishing in the same time period. Additionally, Hasan missed emergency pages during time he was on call. He was also counseled for preaching religion to patients during counseling sessions. National Public Radio obtained a copy of a memo written by Hasan's superior, Major Scott Moran. The link to the scathing memo, a transcript of which was provided by National Public Radio ... Read Full Story