First off, I would like to start by pointing out that in my last blog post, about yesterday's New York Times, I mentioned the gunman from Fort Good, Texas. The name of the town is actually Fort Hood, Texas, not Fort Good. My mistake and I retract that error and change it to it's correct title.
There was more on the tragedy at Fort Hood today as well. Two stories were placed side-by-side on the front page, which detailed several new developments in the shooting story. The one that I found to be most interesting was the news article about how the FBI discovered ties to Anwar al-Awlaki, a known anti-America incendiary whose teachings are very strong against this country. The investigation showed that Sgt. Nidal Malik Hasan, the shooter at Fort Hood, was in contact with al-Awlaki through e-mail just weeks before the shooting took place. Officials don't know yet whether or not al-Awlaki had any influence on Hasan's decision to go on the shooting spree. Hasan just recently woke up from a coma in his hospital bed a few days ago, and has since been communicating with his doctors, but no one else.
I think that this guy, Anwar al-Awlaki, must have had a serious impact on Mr. Hasan, because he is a spiritual leader whom Hasan looks up to. If he had been in contact with him, it's fair to say that at least some workds must have been spoken about an attack. At the very least Hasan could have informed al-Awlaki of his own plan to kill several military members. I think that the FBI should invest in finding this man, al-Awlaki, and do everything in their power to find out what he knows. Maybe it doesn't stop with Hasan; maybe there are more men like him out there in our military system, waiting for their time to rise. This attack shows that we could have a serious problem within the veins of our country's defense.
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