More questions about Hasan emails

Dallas Morning News:

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan faces a pretrial confinement hearing today at the San Antonio Army post where he lies paralyzed in a heavily guarded intensive-care unit.

Meanwhile, there are growing questions about the FBI's explanation for why it didn't investigate the psychiatrist months ago after discovering that he was corresponding with an extremist cleric in Yemen.

Hasan's e-mails to Anwar al-Awlaki began as religious queries but led to discussion of financial transfers, The Washington Post reported, citing two unnamed sources who have been briefed on the subject. The FBI has said it did not investigate because Hasan's e-mails seemed consistent with research he was doing.

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, previously told The Dallas Morning News that Hasan wired money to Pakistan, which is a hub for terrorist fundraising. McCaul did not link the transfers to the U.S.-born al-Awlaki, whose terrorist ties have been investigated for at least a decade.

Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat who heads the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he would investigate whether the e-mails should have been shared with military officials.

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Surprisingly, Fort Hood does not have a detention facility so Hasan would be transferred to the Bell County jail once he gets the OK from doctors if he is ordered into custody at today's hearing. I suspect that is likely.

I think the FBI and intelligence services made a mistake by not taking the emails more seriously and contacting his superiors to learn about his other strange behavior and his weird religious beliefs.

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