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Political Correctness Played Role in Islamic Radical's Fort Hood Shooting
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- Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:09
- Written by Justin Credible
It was almost three years ago when Islamic radical Malik Nadal Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas. A troubling aspect with Hasan, and with many situations similar to this, is that there were signs indicating he was a ticking time bomb - and in this case, hell-bent on the destruction of America. Hasan's shooting was deliberately treated differently by the media because the shooter was Muslim. Therefore, many people who had the power to do so, refused to acknowledge that his religion played a role in his motive. A new report now confirms that political correctness played a role in why he wasn't investigated sooner.
FOX News obtained the report on the Fort Hood shooting, which faults the FBI for failure to properly assess Major Nadal Hasan and his radical, anti-American ideology. Most importantly, though, is the mention that political correctness played a role as a reason not to further investigate this home-grown terrorist. What's also notable is the failure of the FBI to cite Islamic extremism as the primary cause of this incident.
The report, obtained by Fox News Thursday afternoon, includes 18 specific recommendations for changes at the FBI. However, it does not recommend any disciplinary action against employees at the bureau.
The report found that the FBI "erred" in several respects -- by failing to interview Hasan when concerns were raised about his contact with known terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki; by failing to search for more email contact between Hasan and Awlaki, and by waiting too long to pursue leads on Hasan.
The FBI "erred in the process they followed to conclude that Hasan's communications with (Awlaki) were benign and acceptable," the report said. "Their assessment of Hasan was belated, incomplete and rushed, primarily because of their workload."
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Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, the chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said the report "reinforces" conclusions they had already reached about the "inadequacy" of the FBI probe.
But they added: "We are concerned that the report fails to address the specific cause for the Fort Hood attack, which is violent Islamist extremism. And we are skeptical that FBI analysts are now well-integrated into the FBI's operations, as the report states."
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., while not mentioning any omission on Islamic extremism, echoed the view that the report found "serious lapses" at the FBI. He praised the bureau for releasing the review to the public.
Failure to specifically name the cause and motive behind such an attack inevitably leads to future attacks of a similar nature. Turning a blind eye because of political correctness is at the core of liberalism, which is an ideology that doesn't rank national security, even in today's day and age, as very important. Once again, we've seen how politics under the Obama administration have left America in a more vulnerable position.
Justin Credible is a contributing editor for Habledash.