Hasan's Muslim Extremist Contacts

INEXCUSABLE.

It appears that the Fort Hood massacre was entirely avoidable.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan clearly did not belong in the U.S. Army.

Actually, he was a member of the U.S. military in name only. He really was fighting for our enemies, not against them.

From the Washington Times:

Fort Hood shooting suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had been in contact with numerous Muslim extremists -- some of whom are under federal investigation -- before last week's rampage, two U.S. officials told The Washington Times on Wednesday.

Maj. Hasan made some of the contacts while visiting known jihadist chat rooms on the Internet, according to one of The Times' sources, a senior FBI official. He said that several people with whom Maj. Hasan was in contact had been the focus of investigations by the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The other source, a military intelligence official, said those in contact with Maj. Hasan are located both in the U.S. and overseas. The official said they are "broadly known and characterized as Islamic extremists if not necessarily al Qaeda."

...These ties are in addition to Maj. Hasan's already-reported links to radical Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who called Maj. Hasan a "hero" on a blog post about last week's Fort Hood shooting, which left 13 dead and 29 wounded.

The military intelligence official said, "Those connections, except for Awlaki, could be explained innocently. But all of them together form a very concerning picture."

"I may run into contact with shady people through coincidence, through social events, etc.," he said. "But at some point you start saying like, 'Huh? Why are you coming in contact with all these charming people?' "

Questions still lingered Wednesday over whether more should have been done in response to Maj. Hasan's contacts with Mr. al-Awlaki, who served as the imam at mosques in San Diego and in Falls Church -- both of which were attended by Maj. Hasan.

Mr. al-Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen, was in contact with Maj. Hasan as many as 20 times beginning in December 2008, according to the FBI.

Really?

Questions are still lingering "over whether more should have been done" in response to Hasan's contacts with Islamic extremists?

I question why there are questions.
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Ann Coulter: "Muslim Suffers Bruised Ego in Fort Hood Tragedy"