Feb 19th, 2010 · The just-completed report recommends several officers be reprimanded or admonished for their failures in overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan, NPR has learned. Hasan is charged with killing 13 people in a November shooting rampage.
Dec 2nd, 2009 · Maj. Nidal Hasan now faces 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. The Army had previously charged him with 13 premeditated murder charges in the wake of the Nov. 5 shooting massacre.
Dec 2nd, 2009 · NPR has learned that investigators have identified key failings — including a mix up at the FBI's Washington and San Diego field offices. And that may explain why the man accused in the Fort Hood shootings, Maj. Nidal Hasan, went unnoticed — despite plenty of warning signs. Investigators in Washington saw only two of 18 e-mails Hassan sent to a radical imam.
Dec 1st, 2009 · Accused gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan sent 18 e-mails to a radical imam in Yemen before the attacks, but law enforcement officials in Washington who were looking into his behavior saw only two of them. Confusion between two FBI field offices kept law enforcement officials from reviewing all pertinent information about Hasan, investigators tell NPR.
Nov 24th, 2009 · NPR has reconstructed what officials did or didn't do over the past year with regard to Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood shooter. Sources say it's likely that the FBI, which looked into Hasan last winter, may have missed clues about his character because it got information from the wrong Army file.
Nov 19th, 2009 · Documents obtained by NPR show that psychiatrists at Walter Reed Army Medical Center put their concerns about the accused Fort Hood shooter in writing. Two years ago, a top official there wrote an evaluation that harshly criticized Maj. Nidal Hasan's incompetence and unprofessional behavior.
Nov 13th, 2009 · Civilian attorney John Galligan said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan told him that he had no feeling in his legs and extreme pain in his hands. Hasan, who was shot multiple times by civilian police, reportedly said doctors told him the condition may never improve.
Nov 13th, 2009 · Family members say Maj. Nidal Hasan had been looking for an exit from the military because he didn't want to participate in fighting Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. Advocates of conscientious objector status say if it were more liberally applied, it might have given Hasan a way out.