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Friday, March 11, 2011 

US army to punish 9 officers for failure to prevent Fort Hood massacre

ABC News (via The Other McCain) reports that the military is going to be taking action against 9 officers whose negligence led to the Fort Hood bloodbath:
The Army has begun administrative punishments against nine officers for what it calls "administrative and leadership failures relating to the career of Maj. Nidal Hasan," the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings that killed 13.

Army Secretary John McHugh has initiated "adverse administrative action" against the officers, according to an Army statement released Thursday on the results of an accountability review to determine if Hasan's superior officers were negligent.

"Although no single event directly led to the tragedy at Fort Hood, certain officers clearly failed to meet the high standards expected of their profession," the Army statement said. [...]

As part of its broader investigation into the circumstances that led to the November 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the Army conducted an accountability review of the actions of the officers that supervised Hasan. Unlike the broader investigation's conclusions, which were made public this year, the results of the accountability review have not been made public -- until now.

A report by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released last month concluded that there were warning signs about Hasan's radicalization and antagonism to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that raised concerns among his colleagues.

Entitled, "Ticking Time Bomb: Fort Hood Massacre Could Have Been Prevented," the report cited examples of Hasan's behavior that should have been picked up by his supervisors.

Instead, the report found that Hasan continued to receive positive evaluation reports from his supervisors that led to his continued promotion and eventual assignment to Fort Hood, where he was slated to deploy to Afghanistan.
The officials who allowed this must definitely be held accountable for allowing political correctness to trump responsibility in some of the worst ways possible. And laws must be passed in the military that will ensure severe penalties against officials who fail to report dangerous behavior regardless of whether the characters are Muslims or not. As for Hasan himself, as far as I know, the US military will be recommending the death sentence for him for the murders he committed. Let's hope he receives that very punishment for slaughtering innocent army members.

Update: here's some more news from the AP Wire (via Jihad Watch).

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