“Alleged” Ft. Hood Shooter’s Salary: $278,000. His Victims? No Terrorist Victims Benefits.

Gary North - December 04, 2021

From 2013.

Major Hasan has not been convicted of doing anything amiss in 2009. So, he receives his paycheck. But what about his court martial? One of these days, Real Soon Now.

Were there witnesses? Lots. Were there dead bodies? Thirteen. Wounded? Over 30. Then what’s the problem? Public relations. There will be witnesses called who will reveal that the U.S. Army did nothing when they knew he was in regular email contact with a known Al Qaeda recruiter.

In his first email to the Islamic cleric, he asked if Islamic law allowed him to kill American soldiers. Was this a red flag? Of course not. It was just a soldier seeking spiritual guidance. It happens every day.

It’s better to let sleeping dogs lie. It’s better to let bygones be bygones. Out of sight, out of mind.

Meanwhile, the survivors are being denied combat pay benefits. Also, they were not victims of a terrorist attack. They suffered from “workplace violence.”

Hasan “went postal” I guess. The Army’s response? “Return to sender.”

This is bureaucracy at work. This is Pentagon justice.

The conservative movement ever since 1946 has given a blank check to the Pentagon. They believe that “it’s my Pentagon, right or wrong.” But the nature of the Pentagon is seen in this case. It is paralyzed. It cannot bring itself to try this case. It cannot bring justice to victims. It prefers to look stupid, when the alternative is looking impotent.

And so, Major Hasan’s paychecks keep coming.

My prediction: he will not make lieutenant colonel. Other than this career limit, who knows? This is the Army, Mr. Jones.

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Posted on May 22, 2013. The original is here.

Wikipedia reports:

The U.S. government declined requests from survivors and family members of the slain to categorize the Fort Hood shooting as an act of terrorism, or motivated by militant Islamic religious convictions. In November 2011, a group of survivors and family members filed a lawsuit against the government for negligence in preventing the attack, and to force the government to classify the shootings as terrorism. The Pentagon argued that charging Hasan with terrorism was not possible within the military justice system and that such action could harm the military prosecutors' ability to sustain a guilty verdict against Hasan. . . .

A group of 160 victims and family members have asked the government to declare the Fort Hood attack an act of terrorism, which would mean that injuries would be treated as if the victims were in a combat zone, providing them more benefits. US Representatives John R. Carter and Michael T. McCaul wrote, "Based on all the facts, it is inconceivable to us that the DOD and the Army continue to label this attack 'workplace violence' in spite of all the evidence that clearly proves the Fort Hood shooting was an act of terror." Carter and McCaul drew their conclusions from their interpretation of existing investigations.

On November 5, 2012, 148 plaintiffs, including victims and families of victims, filed a wrongful death claim against the United States Government, Hasan, and the estate of Anwar al-Awlaki. Their lawsuit alleges there were due process violations, intentional misrepresentation, assault and battery, gross negligence, and civil conspiracy. The lawsuit was featured on ABC News on February 12, 2013, but was placed on hold pending the conclusion of Hasan's court martial. As of June 2016, the stay on the civil suit remains in place.

From another Wikipedia entry.

Nidal Malik Hasan (born September 8, 1970) is a former American Army Major convicted of killing 13 people and injuring more than 30 others in the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009. Hasan was a United States Army Medical Corps psychiatrist. He admitted to the shootings at his court-martial in August 2013. A jury panel of 13 officers convicted him of 13 counts of premeditated murder, 32 counts of attempted murder, and unanimously recommended he be dismissed from the service and sentenced to death. Hasan is incarcerated at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas awaiting execution.

Will he be executed? One of these days, Real Soon Now.