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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 07:48 AM
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DoD review: Hasan superiors ignored concerns
DoD review: Hasan superiors ignored concerns
By Richard Lardner - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 11, 2010 18:19:55 EST

WASHINGTON — In late December 2004, one of the officers overseeing Army Maj. Nidal Hasan’s medical training praised him in an official evaluation as a qualified and caring doctor who would be an asset in any post.

But less than a week later, a committee at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center that oversees student performance met behind closed doors to discuss serious concerns about Hasan’s questionable behavior, poor judgment and lack of drive.

Disconnects such this were a familiar pattern throughout Hasan’s lengthy medical education in the Washington area, according to information gathered during an internal Pentagon review of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, and obtained by The Associated Press.

The review has not been publicly released, but the emerging picture is one of supervisors who failed to heed their own warnings about an officer ill-suited to be an Army psychiatrist, according to the information.

As Hasan’s training progressed, his strident views on Islam became more pronounced as did worries about his competence as a medical professional. Yet his superiors continued to give him positive performance evaluations that kept him moving through the ranks and led to his eventual assignment at Fort Hood.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/01/ap_army_hood_hasan_investigation_011110/
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Crowman1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 03:13 PM
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1. I try to tell people the same thing, but too many people follow the hate muslims crowd and never...
Edited on Wed Jan-13-10 03:14 PM by Crowman1979
...bother to have a rational thought. Plus the american people throw a shit-fit if you think some high ranking officers are total dumbasses. They think generals are all knowing and wise, like they are sacred cows or something.
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