The Navy and the FBI fucked up

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51. Just saw this:

Gunman Had Trouble in Navy, but Was Given Honorable Discharge.

'was given an honorable discharge from the military in January 2011 after he had applied for an early discharge under the Navy’s “early enlisted transition program,” although he had exhibited a “pattern of misbehavior,” which included insubordination and unauthorized absences.

Those issues had led the Navy to consider forcing Mr. Alexis out of the service with a less than honorable discharge. Law enforcement official said Tuesday that Mr. Alexis has been exhibiting symptoms of mental illness since his early 20s. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said Mr. Alexis has been described by people who knew him as “paranoid” and “delusional.”

Investigators said people had begun noticing Mr. Alexis’s potential mental health problems around the time of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Mr. Alexis’s father has told the authorities that his son had been among the first responders at the World Trade Center and that he believed that Mr. Alexis suffered from post-traumatic stress and had difficulty controlling his anger.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/us/washington-navy-yard-shootings.html?hp