Free Speech Rights Prevented Probe Into Hasan E-Mails, Investigator Says
The claim comes as officials in different branches of law enforcement and the military squabble over who knew what when about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s leanings toward faith-inspired violence, and as charges fly that ‘political correctness’ prevented officials from taking action and is still being used as a crutch in explaining the 
rampage after the fact.
Investigators would have been “crucified” over First Amendment rights if they had launched a full-scale probe into e-mails Fort Hood massacre suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly sent to a radical imam, a government investigator told Fox News.
The claim comes as the squabble grows among officials in different branches of law enforcement and the military over who knew what, and when, about Hasan’s leanings toward faith-inspired violence, and amid charges that “political correctness” prevented officials from taking pre-emptive action.
The government counterterrorism investigator familiar with the FBI’s review of the Fort Hood case told Fox News that they simply did not have enough evidence to launch an investigation. Though officials discovered Hasan’s e-mails to the imam, the investigator said the messages suggested he was seeking “spiritual and religious guidance.”
“Had we launched an investigation of Hasan we’d have been crucified,” the investigator said, adding that the communications were shared with the “appropriate chains.”
But even after the attacks, some have been reluctant to cite religion as a factor, as evidence has mounted that the alleged gunman’s Muslim faith was at least a partial factor in the decision to mount the attack.
Face Forward Comments:
You can stop free speech but you cannot stop the truth. While the American government has a history in the last 30 years of seriously trying to stop free speech, they cannot stop what is apparent to anyone with any common sense.
I find it very ironic that the Hate Crimes legislation (actually an amendment) recently passed was added to the military spending bill. While conservatives fought it being added the Democrats were able to add it knowing that the military spending authorization had to be passed. Adding to the irony is the fact that liberals defeated a measure that would allow military personnel to be considered as one of the groups that could be targeted by hate crimes.
While I find the whole “hate crimes” legislation stupid, it is pretty obvious that this man was full of hate when he targeted those innocent people.
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