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November 9, 2009
U.S. Intelligence Officials Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al-Qaeda
Topics: Political News and commentaries"...the enemy is not just "terrorism," some generic evil... The catastrophic threat at this moment in history is more specific. It is the threat posed by Islamist terrorism - especially the al Qaeda network, its affiliates, and its ideology." ~ The 911 Commission Report, p. 362ABC news reports that U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al-Qaeda:
It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said.Given what happened on 9/11 and what is known about the Islamist agenda - which includes the threat posed by Islamist terrorism - especially the al Qaeda network, its affiliates, and its ideology, for the Army to have failed to have "zero tolerance" long before now seems less than responsible or rational, and bordering on negligence.One senior lawmaker said the CIA had, so far, refused to brief the intelligence committees on what, if any, knowledge they had about Hasan's efforts.
CIA director Leon Panetta and the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, have been asked by Congress "to preserve" all documents and intelligence files that relate to Hasan, according to the lawmaker.
On Sunday, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) called for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs as to whether Hasan was an Islamic extremist.
"If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance," Lieberman told Fox News Sunday. (More)
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