Hasan had contact with several Muslim extremists

Washington Times:

Fort Hood shooting suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had been in contact with numerous Muslim extremists -- some of whom are under federal investigation -- before last week's rampage, two U.S. officials told The Washington Times on Wednesday.

Maj. Hasan made some of the contacts while visiting known jihadist chat rooms on the Internet, according to one of The Times' sources, a senior FBI official. He said that several people with whom Maj. Hasan was in contact had been the focus of investigations by the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The other source, a military intelligence official, said those in contact with Maj. Hasan are located both in the U.S. and overseas. The official said they are "broadly known and characterized as Islamic extremists if not necessarily al Qaeda."

Both officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said some of the names of those with whom Maj. Hasan was in contact will likely be released soon.

The FBI official said that could happen during pending congressional hearings into the massacre.

These ties are in addition to Maj. Hasan's already-reported links to radical Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who called Maj. Hasan a "hero" on a blog post about last week's Fort Hood shooting, which left 13 dead and 29 wounded.

The military intelligence official said, "Those connections, except for Awlaki, could be explained innocently. But all of them together form a very concerning picture."

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What the multiple contacts demonstrate is a pattern or practice that suggest something besides an innocent encounter. Pattern or practice testimony is usually allowed in evidence to demonstrate intent and corroborate an alleged offense. When you associate with extremeist, it suggest taht you could be one too.

Those in the media who have been trying to avoid this context should take a look at this evidence. For myself, Hasan falls into the category of someone engaging in a mass murder for Allah operation which puts him in the category of an Islamic terrorist that is trying to frighten us into submission to his weird religious beliefs. That is what terrorist do.