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The Corner on National Review Online: re: The Shooter -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
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D.C. FBI team to re-enact the shooting today. http://bit.ly/2Qna5Y (via @FCNP_Natalie) 29 days ago |
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My heart goes out to everyone affected by yesterday's Ft. Hood tragedy. D.C. FBI team to re-enact the shooting today. http://bit.ly/2Qna5Y 29 days ago |
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Update: Killer Shrink is Still Alive
Gates of Vienna —
... been shot dead by officials earlier in the day. But on Thursday evening, Lt.-Gen. Bob Cone said that the suspected gunmen was in fact alive and in hospital. “He is currently in custody and in stable condition,” said Cone, speaking at the military base in Fort Hood, Texas. “He is hospitalized, and I’ve had no personal background with him that I can speak of.” The armed suspect has been identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, aged 39. USA Today is reporting the same thing. The AP has an interesting report about the ...
re: The Shooter -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online —
USA Today is reporting:
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Austin, was briefed by military officials and said Hasan had taken some unusual classes for someone studying about mental health.
"He took a lot of extra classes in weapons training, which seems a little odd for a psychiatrist," McCaul said.
McCaul said Hasan had received poor grades for his work at Walter Reed and was not happy about his situation in Fort Hood, where Hasan apparently felt like "he didn't fit in."
"He's disgruntled because he ...
Why was Hasan still in the Army?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Hasan is the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case. … On a form filled out by those seeking spouses through a program at the mosque, Hasan listed his birthplace as Arlington, Va., but his nationality as Palestinian, Khan said.“I don’t know why he listed Palestinian,” Khan said, “He was not born in Palestine.” USA Today has even more this morning: U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Austin, was ...
Rush to Un-Judgement
Knowledge is Power —
... not at war.
His point is apt—but not relevant in the way it was presented to the Ft Hood story. The few facts that had emerged at that point demonstrated that.
The way it is relevant is all over the nooz.
So far, what is emerging is a portrait of a disgruntled soldier. Why he was disgruntled is the point.
He identified himself as Palestinian, though he was born in VA.
He took extra weapons training, didn’t fit in, “was mortified ...
How Did The Army Miss All The Red Flags?
Nice Deb —
... In 2001, Hasan received his medical degree from the military’s Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., where he took “a lot of extra classes in weapons training”. ...
