AirTalk for November 10, 2009

Fort Hood: how did it happen?

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US Army Chaplain 1st Lt. Joshua Remy prays alongside fellow parishoners as he attends non-denominational church services at Fort Hood's 1st Air Cavalry Divisional Memorial Chapel, November 8, 2009 in Killeen, Texas

Did the military and U.S. intelligence officials miss the warning signs exhibited by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in last week's shootings at Fort Hood? Over the past year the FBI and the military intercepted emails between Hasan and a radical Yemen-based cleric with ties to two of the Sept. 11 hijackers, but an assessment concluded that Hasan did not pose a threat. What role did political correctness and sensitivity regarding Hasan's Muslim faith play in keeping officials from taking further action?

Guests:


Greg Miller, National Security Correspondent for the L.A. Times, and co-author of The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda (Little, Brown and Company)

Hal Kempfer, Retired Marine Lt. Colonel, who works on homeland security and counter-terrorism

Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council


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