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Topic started on 9-11-2009 @ 08:19 AM by johnny2127

Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda


abcnews.go.com
U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said.
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reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 08:44 AM by johnny2127
reply to post by centurion1211



Exactly. I am so tired of hearing people somehow rationalize and defend this man. They choose to blame those that may or may not have picked on him. They choose to blame the military. They blame anyone other than Hasan or terrorists or extreme Islam. They attack the US govt, military, US media, US intelligence, and then give a murderer the benefit of the doubt.

Neville Chamberlain would be proud of these people.


reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 08:44 AM by Erasurehead
reply to post by johnny2127



So the Army was aware that this guy was going off the deep end and did nothing about it? They even promoted him to Major!!

I would say they have blood on their hands. I guess they did nothing because they did not want to offend the Muslims. Political correctness gone wrong...


reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 08:48 AM by johnny2127
reply to post by Erasurehead



I believe the article is saying the CIA knew he was trying to make contact with Al-Qaeda, not the Army. If that is true and they did not tell the Army, I am mystified. Maybe they were tracking him and trying to uncover terrorist cells in the US. Even if they had operations going on and were monitoring him, it seems like they should have flagged his gun purchases.

Either way, they seem to have mismanaged this situation. It ultimately is Hasan's fault this happened, but whoever decided to keep the Army in the dark about this needs to be fired.


reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 09:24 AM by Erasurehead
Originally posted by johnny2127
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post by Erasurehead



I believe the article is saying the CIA knew he was trying to make contact with Al-Qaeda, not the Army. If that is true and they did not tell the Army, I am mystified. Maybe they were tracking him and trying to uncover terrorist cells in the US. Even if they had operations going on and were monitoring him, it seems like they should have flagged his gun purchases.

Either way, they seem to have mismanaged this situation. It ultimately is Hasan's fault this happened, but whoever decided to keep the Army in the dark about this needs to be fired.


You are right the article states:
U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda.


Totally incompetent if they did not inform the Army about this guy. Unbelievable. Somebody needs to be fired over this.
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