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The Disturbing Truth the Army Knew Before the Fort Hood Shooting
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- Investigative journalist Pamela Browne revisits Nidal Hasan’s years in the Army, describing disturbing warning signs she says appear in his psychiatric-board presentation well before the 2009 Fort Hood attack. - Browne details Hasan’s communications with radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and explains why the contacts raise questions about how military and federal authorities assess the threat before the shooting. - The discussion examines the Obama administration’s initial classification of the Fort Hood attack as workplace violence and the later fight to award Purple Hearts to victims. - Browne reveals that Hasan sends her a 453-page handwritten document from death row, where he refers to…