Hasan (upper photo) may be charged with a 14th count of murder related to the death of the unborn child of a pregnant shooting victim.John Galligan (lower photo), Hasan's civilian attorney, said his military co-counsel told him that charges were being read to Hasan in the hospital without his lawyers present.
"I don't like it. I feel like I'm being left out of the loop," Galligan said. "I guess it's 13 charges, but I don't like to have to guess in this situation."Meanwhile, President Barack Obama ordered a review of all intelligence related to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and whether the information was properly shared and acted upon within government agencies.
Is Mr. Obama interceding on Maj. Hasan’s behalf? If not, why would the president of the United States become personally involved in a criminal case?
A hint of possible White House involvement in the case came the day of the shootings when Barack Obama cautioned Americans not to rush to judgement after the Fort Hood shootings. In fact, he gave the rush to judgement speech even before he offered words of sympathy to the families of the massacre victims.
The report at the link below gives a glimpse into Maj. Hasan’s world as a soldier and a military psychiatrist:
Hasan had complained privately to colleagues that he was harassed for his religion and that he wanted to get out of the Army. But there is no record of Hasan filing a complaint with his chain of command regarding any harassment he may have suffered for being Muslim or any record of him formally seeking release from the military, the officials told the AP.
Months before last week's shootings, doctors and staff overseeing Hasan's training reported viewing him at times as belligerent, defensive and argumentative in his frequent discussions of his Muslim faith.
Hasan was characterized in meetings as a mediocre student and lazy worker, a matter of concern among the doctors and staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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