Senate demands answers from Obama administration on Ft Hood failures
posted at 10:12 am on November 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
The White House’s attempt to stall Congress on an investigation into the failure to stop Army Major Nidal Hasan from conducting a terrorist attack at Fort Hood appears to have produced the kind of bipartisanship Barack Obama claims to treasure. Unfortunately for Obama, the Senate has united in an effort to tell the President to cooperate or face subpoenas. Along with Republicans, Joe Lieberman and Partrick Leahy said they will proceed with investigations and expect the White House to produce the data and witnesses they need:
A bipartisan group of senators began a concerted push Wednesday to get more cooperation from the Obama administration in its reviews of the Fort Hood shootings, which left 13 dead and a raft of questions about information-sharing among intelligence agencies.
In addition to the public hearings that Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) is set to begin Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) demanded Wednesday that his panel receive the results of a White House review of agency investigations of suspect Nidal M. Hasan’s communications with a radical Muslim cleric who has ties to al-Qaeda. …
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, was unmollified, telling the attorney general: “The FBI did not pursue an investigation of [Hasan] because they concluded that the e-mails were consistent with his research at Walter Reed, and no contact was made with the Department of Defense. I understand that a thorough investigation will take time to complete, but we need to protect our troops now.”
And that’s the point. Congress has no need to interrogate witnesses to the actual shooting, which is the focus of the Pentagon and the DoJ at the moment. They do need to find out how a man in repeated contact with the enemy could have been ignored for so long, especially since he was dangerously incompetent at his job.
Susan Collins had already been outspoken about the Obama administration’s attempt to stonewall on Hasan:
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is criticizing the Obama administration’s briefings on the Ft. Hood massacre, saying that information provided by the Defense Department and the FBI in a closed door meeting Tuesday “raised many troubling questions.”
The briefing, coordinated by the National Security Committee, for House and Senate leaders was scheduled after the administration bowed out of a closed hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that was supposed to happen on Monday.
Collins, the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said she’s calling on the administration to work with the committee to cooperate with its investigation of the Nov. 5 shooting deaths at Ft. Hood. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with the crime, which Collins called “certainly” an example of home-grown terrorism.
The investigation into the shootings themselves and discovering why no one wanted to connect the dots on Hasan are both high priorities. We can do both at the same time, and Congress is right to demand cooperation from Obama and the executive branch on the question of homeland security and proper threat analysis. Thus far, we have had only one failure, but fourteen people are dead from it and dozens wounded. We need to prevent another failure before more people get killed. That’s at least as important as pursuing the investigation into the Fort Hood massacre itself.
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The Senate’s demanding answers from the Obama administration about something? How long will THIS last before they go back to tossing Obama’s salad again?
Aitch748 on November 19, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Demand transparency.
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Sadly the Napolitano bus clock is still running, already lost my $20
Doctor Zhivago on November 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM
It’s clear Obama respects the troops:
“You guys make a pretty good photo op,” the president said.
Drained Brain on November 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Waterloo?
uknowmorethanme on November 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Impeach this mofo. Nothing less will do.
nyx on November 19, 2009 at 10:18 AM
I heard she appeared visibly shaken when she said this.
Something smells really rotten here.
petefrt on November 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I hope Congress pushes Zero on this so the world can see zero stall on this invetigation. He’s ready to bring KSM to a civilian trial but wont let congress investigate the background into this shooting. Not good for 0. He’s got to be hiding something.
Brat4life on November 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I can not help wondering if the Hassan thing combined with the NYC show trials are the beginning of the fall.
Obama is incredible at lies and distraction but it looks like these two areas combined might do them in.
ORconservative on November 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I still don’t understand what the administration has to gain by stonewlling on this.
a capella on November 19, 2009 at 10:20 AM
hopenchange always smells really rotten.
search4truth on November 19, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Smoke and mirrors while they plan to vote on the Health Care bill this Saturday.
thomasaur on November 19, 2009 at 10:20 AM
though its him trying to be funny, that isn’t something you should be saying as you’ve been picking you butt for the last 7 months on what to do in Afghanistan
Doctor Zhivago on November 19, 2009 at 10:21 AM
I heard on Bill Bennett Radio Show this morning the conversation with Bill Krystol and I agree. Most of these “missed signs” happened under Bush administration BUT there must be something Obie and crew are covering up. If they are not covering up something bad that they did they would be yelling it is Bush’s fault like they have on everything else. They are trying to cover their A$$es!
Dire Straits on November 19, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Tell ‘em where you heard it first:
All investigations will go into why no one failed to notice this man’s intent to engage in “suicide by cop.” They’ll talk about how many officers passed him around with nothing but negative reviews and some phone calls rather than concrete demands that Maj. Hasan receive counseling.
Also, I will say that it’s possible his superiors felt that deploying would straighten this man out. It works for some trouble soldiers, and I can imagine they may have believed that giving Maj. Hasan a chance to see for himself the stresses he counsels men over might improve his skills and understanding of his patients.
But by now I don’t think anyone is holding the illusion that any reference to jihadism won’t be painted as fear-mongering by the MSM.
Spc Steve on November 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM
exactly…
cmsinaz on November 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM
BO.
LibTired on November 19, 2009 at 10:24 AM
I’m really surprised and happy about this. I really thought the Democrats would block it and roll over for Obama. Full speed ahead!
JAM on November 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Not if the MSM has anything to do with it. They will spin, twist, lie, and obfuscate themselves into bankruptcy and oblivion before they let that happen.
But, at least that gives us something to look forward to either way……
JoeinTX on November 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Yes, even considering all the breaks the media gave G.W. Bush on his gaffes.
/sarc off
More seriously, that’s how Obama views the entire world, not just the troops – one big photo op for Himself.
Drained Brain on November 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM
oboobi’s response to the request from the homeland security committe will be delivered via video, he will begin by asking why your all so un american and don’t rush to judgement.
SHARPTOOTH on November 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM
where o where is Janet?
I wonder if the Obama Bus is just around the corner for her….
cmsinaz on November 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM
YES!
The FBI did not pursue an investigation of [Hasan] because they concluded that the e-mails were consistent with his research at Walter Reed WHICH OF ITSELF IS NO EXCUSE. Hasan’s “research” was a matter of extreme sensitivity that DEMANDS observation by his superiors, not carte blanche dismissal to be ignored as is not worthy to track. Leaving any sign of radical behavior untended within military intelligence is simply intolerable. Hasan WAS being tracked, but no one chose to utilize the information to protect Hasan’s patients, SPECIFICALLY those patients whom Hasan was filing charges against for THEIR supposed war crimes!
I reiterate my position that Hasan should be tried for torturing his military patients with his radical Muslim mental anguish guilt trips that Hasan imposed upon our soldiers under his medical/psychological care. Hasan compounded their emotional duress rather than alleviate the strain of battle fatigue as they were under military care to heal.
The Army had better include torture of his patients alongside terrorist charges against Hasan. Otherwise, those who were under his “care” should press charges themselves.
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 10:27 AM
There Ed goes again not seeing the forest for the trees.
Trees – 14 people getting killed.
Forest – The Army is diverse.
CarolynM on November 19, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Something smells real rotten. The question is what did O know and when did he know it? It could be nothing but I don’t know, something is real real wrong. If the red flags were ignored under the Bush administration, why this caution towards investigating a terrorist?
nyx on November 19, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Think Barry had anything to do with Hasan’s recent promotion? Probably not, but something isn’t right here.
Does this fall under, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?
PappaMac on November 19, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Ugh…I would have walked out at that point.
I will say that although Lieberman is a flaming lib on social issues, the man seems to be a steadfast supporter of the troops; good for him as the people in uniform should always always come first.
Bishop on November 19, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Let’s hope the word is DEMAND and NOT ASK POLITELY!!!!..I am sick of them running roughshod over this country.
ohiobabe on November 19, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Nice thread Ed. Keep the heat on em. There something amiss and it is huge. Dig for it.
Geochelone on November 19, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Did the 9-11 commission interfere with the ongoing investigations into KSM and his like minded partners? Something does smell a little fishy. Of course there would never be anything pointing back to DOJ knowing about this and pulling a “New Black Panther” like ruling would there?
yakwill83 on November 19, 2009 at 10:32 AM
I also wonder why the administration hasn’t tossed out that this was missed by the Bush admin. He plays that card so often he knows exactly where in the deck it is at all times. The first thing that comes to mind is we missed a huge big old nasty terrorist cell right smack dab in the middle of the United States Army, and it has been sitting right in plain view for years with this guys behavior.
Johnnyreb on November 19, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Senator Lieberman, while a liberal Democrat on social issues, has always been hawkish on military issues. But when Senators Leahy and Kohl, two of the most liberal Democrats in the Senate, start demanding “answers” from Obama about protecting the troops (not those in Afghanistan or Iraq, but those training at home), Teh One is in big trouble…
Now Obama is wondering whether he should defend his Muslim faith.
Steve Z on November 19, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Well, I generally hate these commissions, which always seem to me to be nothing more than political reality TV for the masses.
Hope this one actually accomplishes something.
AnninCA on November 19, 2009 at 10:35 AM
“Ft Hood terrorist Hasan was on Obama’s Transition Team”!?
If this is true, then the reason is obvious.
Johan Klaus on November 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Wasn’t Hassan part of a Task Force Obama put together?
That is why they want this to go away quietly. Think of the damage that’d happen if Congress called Hasan a Terrorist and Hasan was a member of an anti-islamic terrorism task force set up by Obama.
Holger on November 19, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Lord God Almighty, to whom the darkenss and the light are the same; if there’s a smoking gun in this mess that would cause this muslim communist to be keelhauled by concensus, please show us. Amen.
Akzed on November 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I’m shocked the Senate is wasting it’s time on such petty matters when they should be looking into ways of increasing our greatest military asset … diversity.
Do I really need to?
OK /sarc/
darwin on November 19, 2009 at 10:41 AM
BTW, the Baath Party was a muslim/communist hybrid, just like Obooba.
Oh the irony.
Akzed on November 19, 2009 at 10:41 AM
I can’t blame Dear Liar for the massacre, nor even Eric Holder (as super head of the FBI).
I can’t even really blame the FBI or the military for failing to connect the dots. The big problem is that political correctness has so infected our society that people are either blind to bad acts by certain protected classes or else to scared to speak up about it. It’s the same mentality the leads The Whine in one breathe to admit He doesn’t have all the facts and in the very next one to blame the cops because they are white and other guy is black.
Any criticism of Obowmao is deemed “racist” without any evidence of racism, any criticism of Islam makes one a hate-mongering Islamophobe even when directed merely at a virulent strain that wants to go back to the 7th Century (and kill gays).
I think the administration recognizes that PCness is now on trial and so wants to hide as much evidence of its consequences as possible.
rbj on November 19, 2009 at 10:42 AM
IF his superiors actually fulfilled their own responsibilities to consider all things–not just what “might work” by deploying Hasan, to be certain to have ALL information at hand before determining to augment the opportunity for Hasan to further injure the Army.
Given Hasan’s Jihad, 1. beyond the tortured patients assigned to his “care” whose cases he was perverting in order to convict them of guilt in accordance with his terrorist ideology, 2. beyond those he murdered in his premeditated terrorist attack that also injured and permanently disabled his unarmed co-workers, patients and superiors at Ft. Hood, 3. heads will yet roll as the Brass and the Potus scurry for cover, 4. ultimately it is OUR heads on the chopping block.
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 10:42 AM
But, that would mean admitting that hasan is a terrorist and we do not want to jump to conclusions, now do we?
Johan Klaus on November 19, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Good thing Ed said the number of people killed were 14. Otherwise AP would’ve said 13.
Kokonut on November 19, 2009 at 10:44 AM
O.T.
Hey what is up with Ace of Spades? Did Ace blow the tip jar money on Valu-rite and forget to pay the broad band bill?
RobD on November 19, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Obama and his gaggle of leftist crooks are scared to death of anybody looking into their behavior and activities. His past and present must not be exposed lest his cover will be blown and his incompetence exposed. Go senate!
rplat on November 19, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I don’t think Obama is responsible for Ft. Hood. Whatever this PC stuff is in the Army, it’s clear it’s been a part of the institution for longer than Obama has been president.
I think people can and should hold Obama accountable for responding in a way that, frankly, was so PC it jumped the shark.
AnninCA on November 19, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Well, sort of.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/yikes_ft._hood_shooter_nidal_hassan_participated_in_obama_transition_team_c/
Hassan was an RSVP attendant of at least one event involving transition and Homeland Security…..
JoeinTX on November 19, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Uh oh. Obama’s stare is gonna come out in force over this one. He’s made it VERY clear there is to be no investigation into this issue because there is no war on terror and this man just snapped.
Don’t these politicians understand this is the answer the president wants and what the pres wants he gets?
I can’t WAIT to see the fireworks if this works! Sure would be nice to see Congress actually do its job for a change.
Mad Mad Monica on November 19, 2009 at 10:45 AM
This is all connected to the fiasco with KSM and Ogabe is deathly afraid how things will look when his vaunted ‘law enforcement’ approach to terrorism is shown to be a deadly sham.
Bishop on November 19, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Probably because he already used up his supply of “Blame It On Bush” cards. His sinking poll numbers and the election results 2 weeks ago make it clear that the American people are now holding him accountable for the state of this country.
Doughboy on November 19, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Nonsense.
Obama sets the tone of the Pentagon and his plants ensure compliance. The attitudes and behaviors that caused this disaster emanated from the very highest place in government.
rplat on November 19, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Maybe the Congress’s stand is based on Obama’s plummeting poll numbers. They are going to have to at least make a show of crossing him to avoid diving down holding his coattails. (But for most it is already too late…2010 can’t come soon enough!)
Christian Conservative on November 19, 2009 at 10:48 AM
That’s my point. It was going on well before Obama’s presidency. Even some of the written reports on this guy predate that.
AnninCA on November 19, 2009 at 10:49 AM
They’re desperately trying to hide the fact that behind the scenes they re-erected the walls between the FBI and other authorities as Gorelic had done, which led to 911.
This would explain why the FBI didn’t communicate with DOD and the Dots were not connected.
The same fools are back in charge as during Clintoon and with Holders inept, corrupt, Anti-Americanism in charge of justice can not one imagine this has his and Pinnochio’s fingerprints all over it!
If the reason be known why Hasan was not arrested or discharged it will gravitate to the top and bite Holder and Pinnochio in the ass.
Someone’s goin down for this and it will be Holder, if not Pinnochio himself, I hope!
dhunter on November 19, 2009 at 10:49 AM
I doubt that there is anything here that will stick to Obama directly. As others have noted, most of the “missed” signs occurred while Bush was president.
However, I do believe that an investigation into Hasan will reveal how deeply the PC culture has permeated the upper ranks of the Pentagon. Exposing this culture is something the left has been working to avoid for decades, and that’s why Obama is trying to block the investigation.
This investigation will probably expose the liberal philosophy for the dangerous sham that it has always been. As such, it will be usefull for helping to block further initiatives by the left, and my even help force a roll back of existing bad policies. But it won’t do anything to damage Obama directly. Unless he fights too hard to maintain the coverup.
As Nixon learned, it’s not the crime that does you in, it’s the cover-up.
MarkTheGreat on November 19, 2009 at 10:50 AM
That is not why Lieberman is wanting this investigation.
Holger on November 19, 2009 at 10:50 AM
sounds about right….
cmsinaz on November 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Yes, yes and yes!
RepubChica on November 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Congress is going to force the Obama administration and the Army to admit political correctness got those people killed.
Maybe (just maybe) it could be PC’s death knell. We can only hope, since this isn’t the first time PC has gotten law enforcement and members of the military killed. Enough is enough.
bradley11 on November 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Obama continues to be determined that the word “Islam” or the word “Muslim” will not be mentioned by the Governmeent in any negative light. That would just make things worse, ya know.
eeyore on November 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Political correctness is the cloak they use to protect their ideology. It incorporates everything. And the dirty secret is they are utterly naked under it. Take the cloak away and the Emperor has no Clothes.
Holger on November 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM
I think you’re onto something.
LibTired on November 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM
rjb says in effect: “Oh well. If everyone is guilty, why prosecute? Why demand the prosecution of corruption? Why bother? EVERYONE is corrupt. No one will fight PC.” THAT perpetuates rather than call into check the permeation of criminal negligence. PC is criminal as it promotes corruption: rather than equality under the law, disregard for rule of law, disregard for Constitutional Law in order for international terrorists to be equal to law abiding US citizens, in order to equate a civil court with a military tribunal, in order to make all inequalities equal to be fair. PC is not a Constitutional Right that deserves any defense. rbj notes PC to be the cancer being used by lenient, tolerant progressives to dissolve our Constitutional Republic. And in the same argument, rjb refuses to identify specific instances wherein PC specifically destroys articles within our Constitution and within our Military Code; wherein specific people with authority (the buck stops at Obama’s Chief Executive Oval Office desk) are responsible for their decisions.
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM
If Bush had been President when this happened, it would have been called the worst terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. And it would have been his fault, as Commander in Chief.
Del Dolemonte on November 19, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Well, Bush was held responsible for 9/11, even tho Clinton dropped the ball since the first WTC attack, so maybe, just maybe they got smart enough to know not to blame it on W.
They own this mess, and they know it.
Jerome Horwitz on November 19, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I’m not very comfortable with Collins’ expression there. ‘Home-grown terrorism’ usually refers to people or groups with sentiments like NcVeigh’s, whereas Hasan followed the path of radical Islam.
While both types of people can be dangerous, I’m not sure how I like them being lumped into one broad category. Remember how, this past summer, tea partiers were compared to people like McVeigh? That was bad enough but adding in people like Hasan has potential I’m not sure I like.
Liam on November 19, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I can see Lieberman wanting to check into this, but Leahy? When something riles old Vermont Baldy up, it must be pretty serious.
Del Dolemonte on November 19, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Working okay for me, maybe there’s a DNS glitch between the two of you. Or maybe Ace passed out, pulling the feed to your neck of the woods as he went down.
Scott P on November 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM
That makes a bit more sense. Obama isn’t worried so much about having his fingerprints on anything, but is trying to protect the PC philosophy.
a capella on November 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM
I wonder if Lieberman will switch sides.
Holger on November 19, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Anyone with more than one brain cell knew that 9/11 was hatched years before Bush took office. In fact, bin Laden said the attacks were planned to happen while Clinton was still in office, but Atta told Ozzie they needed more training time. Obviously the extra time they spent training succeeded.
Del Dolemonte on November 19, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Probably take something really stupid by the Dems to do that.
Del Dolemonte on November 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM
PC = Protected Class
Muslims are a Protected Class given special status by the soft tyranny that is Political Correctness.
Geochelone on November 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM
People are pretty outraged and enough stuff is already public, that Pat the Leaker doesn’t want to get caught on the wrong side of the net.
a capella on November 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM
What is driving this demented adherence to politically correct attitude encouraging people turn a blind eye to red flags? If the people of the U.S. had shown a tendency to have massive reactions and generalizing “groups” this might make sense but this fear of what we might do is crazy.
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Dude, you just described all the “Blame Bush” crowd for 9/11 to a T …….. idiots with one brain cell, or none whatsoever.
Jerome Horwitz on November 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM
They are not blaming it on Bush for one very simple reason. They want the story to go away. As much as they love blaming Bush and as well as it works they need this story to die. I don’t know why. THAT is the question.
They plan to get Bush in the KSM thing.
This is a two step. A death panel for the Hasan story and a show trial.
We’ve got to stay on the real questions.
BTW, what is the religious affliation of Holder? I don’t think is is Muslim, that’s not my point. It could just be liberalism. Just wondered.
ORconservative on November 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Wow, the worst aspects of Carter AND Nixon. What a President!
Socratease on November 19, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Liam on November 19, 2009 at 11:11 AM
http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/11345
That is why I believe this goes al the way to Holder and Pinnochio!
Like minded leftists handcuffing our intelligence agencies in the name of free speech got 14 killed at Fort Hood and the reason Collins is lookin sick is because without drastic action it has and will continue KSM trials in NYC?
dhunter on November 19, 2009 at 11:13 AM
The pendulum swings. The truth is a two edged sword. And the buck stops at the Chief Executive’s desk. If Obama persists as he is, he makes himself a lame duck, not more powerful.
PC is a liberal doctrine that the Democrat Party owns. Progressive “moderates” enabled it with “acceptablity”; and Conservatives chafed against the progressives.
All things come to an end: progressive socialism is unveiled. PC is on trial. Those who championed PC now face those that PC killed. PC is not a Constitutional Right. And that legislation that protects PC as if a supremely universal law must be challenged. PC is a corrupt revision liberally promoted to pervert and then terminate the expression of our unalienable rights.
Where Republicans tolerated PC in order to be bipartisan, PC remains a partisan issue that Democrats own.
Watch the coming 2010 ads. Who will promote the virtues of PC that repudiate equality under the law? Liberals.
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Wikipedia has him as Episcopalian
ORconservative on November 19, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Perhaps the spooks were able to scare a big ol’ bucket of ice-cold reality on that bunch of spineless pansies.
Although…anything bad enough to scare THAT bunch THAT bad should have the rest of us worried as well.
Dark-Star on November 19, 2009 at 11:14 AM
…that we know of.
Socratease on November 19, 2009 at 11:14 AM
It is long past due for Congress to undergo its own baptism through Constitutional fire.
Congress must rebut PC by rescinding legislation that empowered PC to overpower the Supreme Law of the Land, our Constitution.
Each of us must hold our own elected PUBLIC SERVANTS to account now.
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 11:19 AM
PC perverted class
PC protected corruption
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Bunch of raaaaacists if you ask me.
rollthedice on November 19, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Also do not forget the Cultural Marxists such as Gramsci. If the Culture remains as it was before the Revolution then the Revolution can be undone. Revolutions are only successful when they rewrite the cultural fabric. You have to change the very culture from a Capitalist culture into the Marxist culture. Political Correctness is merely another Tool in their Cultural arsenal.
Holger on November 19, 2009 at 11:22 AM
My sentiments exactly.
screwauger on November 19, 2009 at 11:23 AM
It was stunning to see that 1 wk following the Fort Hood TERRORIST MASSACRE that the AG trots out a Friday afternoon news dump indicating that KSM is on his way here. This administration is adept at one thing–using Eric Holder as a biaatch to trump bad events with even worse news.
Desperate to tout their national security street cred and shore up their horrid base, both the AG and the president try to smoke screen true terrorism with the red herring of a show trial of KSM. Both are bad news, but the blinding of Ft Hood with KSM coming here is just downright stupid and morally wrong.
ted c on November 19, 2009 at 11:25 AM
When you’re the filthy lying coward and mangage to get Kohl, Leahy, and Collins all mad at you, then you’ve really screwed up. The fact of the matter is that there are legitimate questions the administration is stonewalling on answering. They should be taken to task.
highhopes on November 19, 2009 at 11:25 AM
You’re quite right.
I read in a series of books in the 80s where the Soviets took over America thanks to a traitorous president. The Sovs then started wiping out the culture, like having mass burnings of anything to do with baseball.
That was fiction but not a stretch, as you indicated.
Liam on November 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM
I see HotAir/Ed are still afraid.
Was it a terror attack… or not?
faraway on November 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Don’t really know if I want Leahy’s support on this; he’ll probably want Hasan tried in Bell County District Court…
BKeyser on November 19, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Home grown terrorism exist. Hasan is a home grown terrorist. It never held water to presume that terrorism requires a tightly bound cell of conspirators that unitedly carry out an act together, proof being that Hasan is the poster boy for an American born and raised Jihadist free radical terrorist. “No man is an island” only references the affect that everything has upon everyone. It does not mean that if you are a lone wolf terrorist, that you are not a “terrorist” because you committed terrorism independently, empowered by all things American: Constitutional Rights and the best access to the most information.
PC is not an American Constitutional Right.
maverick muse on November 19, 2009 at 11:30 AM
In the sense you stated, I agree. My concern is that a future American-born jihadist’s attack might put in the national psyche the view that tea partiers are the same as jihadists, the same way the Left tried comparing us to McVeigh. McVeigh was bad enough, and the comparison worse. But with jihadi’s thrown into the mix under the same label, there might be a broader call to clamp down on civil rights.
Liam on November 19, 2009 at 11:36 AM
The Bush administration was just as culpable in this.
Damn cowards! The destruction left in the path of PC politics is UNACCEPTABLE!
csdeven on November 19, 2009 at 11:37 AM
In reality, most of the blame is with the DoJ and the DoD. You can’t really blame GWB or the filthy lying coward directly for the shooting. You can blame both for not treating radical Muslim attacks on military personnel by military personnel as a pattern and a threat. You can further blame the filthy lying coward and his entire administration for trying to minimize and discount the Ft. Hood shooting. That they are refusing to cooperate with Congress is inexcusable.
highhopes on November 19, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Or in Dearborn. Somewhere radical Muslims are more a part of the community.
highhopes on November 19, 2009 at 11:42 AM
This is going to be a test of wills: either Obama keeps stonewalling and wins, or the Dems have the guts to issue subpoenas so their intended investigation continues.
I never thought I’d say this but I hope the Senate wins. Then we’ll see if they whitewash the whole matter to protect the Administration.
Liam on November 19, 2009 at 11:45 AM
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