Fort Hood Report Faults FBI for Missteps b/c

[Joe Cocker]

b/c of Political Correctness

A long-awaited report on the Fort Hood shooting faults the FBI for numerous failures in the run-up to the massacre that left 13 dead, concluding that agents' assessment of the gunman, Maj. Nidal Hasan, was "belated, incomplete and rushed" -- and suggesting political correctness played a role in the bureau's decision not to investigate him more thoroughly.

The report, obtained by Fox News Thursday afternoon, includes 18 specific recommendations for changes at the FBI. However, it does not recommend any disciplinary action against employees at the bureau.

The report found that the FBI "erred" in several respects -- by failing to interview Hasan when concerns were raised about his contact with known terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki; by failing to search for more email contact between Hasan and Awlaki, and by waiting too long to pursue leads on Hasan.

The FBI "erred in the process they followed to conclude that Hasan's communications with (Awlaki) were benign and acceptable," the report said. "Their assessment of Hasan was belated, incomplete and rushed, primarily because of their workload."

The report into the 2009 shooting was conducted over the course of two years by former FBI Director William Webster. The FBI had been under pressure from some lawmakers in recent days to release the documen

Read more: www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/19/fort-hood-report-recommends-many-changes-for-fbi-no-disciplinary-action/#ixzz21a9dHeUJ

[The New Guy]

Joe,

it's refreshing to see the FBI confirm what we all knew from the beginning..... POLITICAL CORRECTNESS kills again. the military has been a great success for over 200 years BECAUSE of it's ability to take swift action in disciplinary and investigative matters. with the increase in touchy-feely, PC political, social experimentation over the last 20 years, we have seen it become more and more difficult to discover and weed out bad apples. this ass clown should have been discovered and investigated loooooong before he carried out his allah mission.

as far as justice goes, i say skipped all the BS trial proceeding and just put his ass in a room with the friends and family of the victims. i'm sure they will figure out a way to deliver "justice."

[danceswithdogs]

I saw on the news last night that Hasan is showing up in court with a beard and has been ordered by the judge to shave or he would be shaved. Military procedure states he must be clean-shaven.

You would think his attorney would have made sure he did not piss off the judge......

[Joe Cocker]

Has the Obama administration done anything about the cause, of this work place going postal in the Army, after getting the FBI report?

Going postal, in American English slang, means becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence, and usually in a Post Office or work place.

[Mink]

I don't know of one American who approves this action, but really now, it is not American to put him with the victims' family members to deliver justice....although I could understand it.

Joecocker, I hope you find your answer to your question.....but do remember that Bush II promised resolve for 9/11 and never got it.....think again.

[Joe Cocker]

Jul 28, 2012 23:15:13 GMT -5 Mink said:

I don't know of one American who approves this action, but really now, it is not American to put him with the victims' family members to deliver justice....although I could understand it.

Joecocker, I hope you find your answer to your question.....but do remember that Bush II promised resolve for 9/11 and never got it.....think again.

Just another work place shoot it up now not another Muslim deal. At lease the judge will give him a shave it's against the Muslim law.

CARE

[mrbose]

Give this A%#hat a pork sandwich and a dry shave ;D

[Joe Cocker]

Sense we were commenting about HAM, and a religion:

The three veterans who had lunch with President Barack Obama Tuesday in outer Northeast Portland didn't just happen to wander into the Gateway Breakfast House.

All have connections to the Obama reelection campaign and were presumably chosen for good political reasons.

After all, Obama had given a speech Monday at a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, so the Portland lunch reinforced the message that president cares about vets. In addition, the local vets -- Thomas Foeller of Oak Grove and Mark Peterson and Dean Dilley, both of Portland -- are retired white males, a demographic the Obama campaign would certainly like to do better with.

Whatever the politics behind the luncheon, however, Foeller, Peterson and Diller said it was an experience they'll always remember.

"I can't emphasize how easy the president is to talk to," said Foeller, 65, a former Navy officer who later spent most of his career at the Bonneville Power Administration.

Foeller said Obama listened sympathetically as he talked about the problems rural veterans have getting access to health care and was quick to knock down a rumor Foeller had heard from his son-in-law -- an Iraq War veteran -- that members of the National Guard would get a pay cut.

There won't be any reduction, Obama told them.

"So we can clear that one up right away," Obama added, in a remark picked up by the press pool before it was ushered out. "You're hearing that from your commander in chief."

Peterson, 69, who spent 27 years in the Air Force and served in the Vietnam War, said Obama also talked about how he's worked to help veterans more easily apply their military training to certifications they need for civilian employment, whether as a welder or nurse.

More
The Oregonian’s continuing coverage of President Obama's July 2012 visit to Portland

None of the three vets knew each other before being chosen by the Obama campaign to meet with the president.

Dilley, 60, who served in the Army for three years and worked for Honda until retiring in 2009, said he has done a little voter registration work for the campaign. But he said he thinks he came to the campaign's attention when he called a couple of months ago asking if he could talk to the president about veterans issues.

"I never expected it to happen," Dilley added with a laugh.

Foeller, who said he's mostly active in a group fighting colorectal cancer, said he's also done some volunteer work for the Obama campaign. And Peterson said his wife volunteers for the campaign.

On Tuesday morning, all three met with a staffer and were driven to the restaurant and arrived shortly before Obama. The three said the restaurant workers and other patrons received notice only a few minutes before the president arrived.

Foeller and Dilley said Obama ate half of a cheese sandwich and skipped the ham in his split pea soup. "He's a pretty tall and slender guy," said Dilley. "Maybe that's why."


www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2012/07/three_portland_area_veterans_a.html