Wednesday, November 11, 2009

How Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Slipped Through the Cracks: U.S. Intelligence Knew of Suspect Months Before Last Week's Shooting

November 10, 2009
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in last weeks Fort Hood, Texas shooting spree that killed 13 people, came under scrutiny by officials beginning last year for communicating with Anwar al-Awlaki, who had been a scholar at a mosque Hasan attended when he lived in Virginia. The Virginia mosque where al-Awlaki taught had also been visited by 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour.
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