As each day passes, more evidence emerges that the terrible Fort Hood shooting could have been stopped. The serious Sunday Telegraph from London is reporting that Nidal Malik Hasan, , worshipped at the same mosque as two of the 9/11 terrorists.
According to the newspaper, Hasan attended services at the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Va., in 2001 at the same time as Sept. 11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour. Funeral services for Hasan's mother also was held at that mosque.
The FBI is anxiously waiting for Hassan to wake up so they can establish whether or not he knew them.
Meanwhile, it is now being said that US intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda. Two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.
And if all of that isn't enough, ABC News has this: Investigators want to know if Hasan maintained contact with a radical mosque leader from Virginia, Anwar al Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen and runs a web site that promotes jihad around the world against the U.S.
In a blog posting early Monday titled "Nidal Hassan Did the Right Thing," Awlaki calls Hassan a "hero" and a "man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people."
And now Congress has asked CIA Director Leon Panetta and the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair to preserve all intelligence files that the agency has on Hassan.
As each day passes it seems that we knew one heck of a lot about Hassan - and did nothing. Now the families of those allegedly shot by him, will have HUGE questions as to why he was allowed access to our brave men and women.
And frankly, not just the families. We should ALL be asking these very serious questions. While the left scrambles to try and convince us that this man was in fact a victim, those of us with our eyes open, are seeing this this was indeed a terrorist attack.
What we call it doesn't matter. What it was most certainly does matter.
It brings us back to the usual questions. Who knew? What did they know? How is it even possible that this could happen on the largest military installation in the world?
Those questions and more need to be answered.
Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the families of the victims.
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