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Miami Herald said:Posted on Thursday, 02.03.11
By Nancy A. Youssef
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — In the first detailed report on the events leading up to the Nov. 5, 2009, shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Thursday blamed both the Pentagon and the FBI for failing to recognize that Army Maj. Nidal Hasan had links to a key al Qaida operative and had become an Islamic extremist before he allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers, killing 13 and wounding dozens of others.
It was the second report this week that condemned the U.S. Army for failing to recognize clear warnings signs of a troubled soldier that resulted in a major security breach. An internal Army report completed this week found that Army commanders, despite warnings not to, sent Pfc. Bradley Manning to Iraq, where he allegedly downloaded hundreds of thousands of Army reports and diplomatic cables that found their way to the WikiLeaks website. McClatchy first reported on the details of that report last Thursday.
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In a statement, the FBI said it would study the report and implement changes "as appropriate." It said another study of FBI actions was expected soon from former FBI director William Webster on whether the "corrective actions" the FBI has undertaken are "sufficient."
The Army said it, too, would study the report.
"Our institution is a learning organization and we will continue to make adjustments to improve it," the Army said in a statement.
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Hasan's military supervisors allowed him to continue in the Army, and to be promoted just six months before the Fort Hood shootings, even though his fellow doctors at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington felt he was a "ticking time bomb." His extreme views were clear to his colleagues at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, where he held a fellowship, and were so outraged by one of Hasan's assigned classroom presentations that the instructor halted it after just two minutes, the report said.
Senate probe rips FBI, Pentagon on Fort Hood shootings - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com
With 13 dead and 35 wounded, someone in the Army should be held accountable. The FBI knew this guy so well that one of the agents called another agent and said, "Do you know who that is? That's our boy", when the shooting occurred. Why isn't the FBI and Army holding individuals responsible and accountable is what I want to know.