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CNN has cited additional aspects of the Nidal Hasan investigation
regarding his use of neighbor's computer, and a visitor he had the day
before the Fort Hood attack. The Los Angeles Times has a report
describing how Hasan told others he was "mentoring" on Islam that
"Muslims shouldn't be in the U.S. military, because obviously Muslims
shouldn't kill Muslims." The Los Angeles Times has an additional
report quoting Nidal Hasan's classmate, Val Finnell, in a Maryland
military courses as part of a "disaster and military psychiatry
fellowship." CNN's AC360 television report had a further detailed
interview with Val Finnell Friday night at 10 PM ET, where Finnell
provided more details about Hasan's routine arguments on a "War on
Islam," also quoting Finnell as stating that a fellow student told him
that Hasan had given a presentation on suicide bombing, and was reported
to the military faculty as a "ticking timebomb."
Los Angeles Times: Nidal Hasan on Muslims in Military and "War on
Islam"
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Los Angeles Times reports: Nidal Hasan Said Muslims Should Not Be In
Military
-- " Over the last few weeks, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan drove off the vast
Army base at Ft. Hood, Texas, at least a dozen times to enjoy seafood
dinners with Duane Reasoner Jr., an 18-year-old he was mentoring in the
ways of Islam."
-- "'He said he didn't want to go to Iraq or Afghanistan,' said Reasoner,
who was raised as a Catholic. 'He didn't want to be deployed. He said
Muslims shouldn't be in the U.S. military, because obviously Muslims
shouldn't kill Muslims. He told me not to join the Army.'"
-- "On Friday, agents were trying to find a motivation for the attack,
retracing the suspect's steps in the last days and months, interviewing
colleagues, neighbors, friends and family to glean details about Hasan's
life -- and whether he was moved, at least in part, by radical Islamic
ideology."
--
Los Angeles Times: Nidal Hasan Did Presentations on Islam and War
During Environmental Health Class
-- "One of Hasan's classmates in the [disaster and military psychiatry
fellowship] program said he doubted the man's commitment to the
military. He told students, 'I'm a Muslim first and an American second,'
' Dr. Val Finnell, now a lieutenant colonel at the Los Angeles Air Force
Base, said in a telephone interview. 'I really questioned his loyalty.'"
-- "Finnell said he first became suspicious of Hasan shortly after the
program began when Hasan gave a provocative presentation in an
environmental health class. Other students focused on topics including
mold and water contamination. Hasan's project asked "whether the war on
terror is a war against Islam,' Finnell said. "
-- " 'It was very off-topic,' Finnell said. 'I raised my hand and said,
'What does this have to do with environmental health?' "
-- "Finnell said Hasan became agitated when he was challenged and became
'sweaty and nervous and emotional.'"
Fort Hood Attack: CNN Video Report on Nidal Hasan - Reported as a
"Ticking Time Bomb" to Military Faculty, Gave Presentations on "War on
Islam" and Suicide Bombings in Military Classrooms
-- On Friday, November 7, 2009 at 10 PM ET, the
CNN television show "Anderson
Cooper 360" reported further on Nidal Hasan. CNN reported that Nidal
Hasan repeatedly used a neighbor's computer. CNN's reported that
according to his apartment manager John Thompson, Nidal Hasan had strict
orders that no one was to go into his apartment without him being there.
Apartment manager John Thompson told CNN that the only time that he was
known to have a visitor was the day before the shooting. CNN reported
that witnesses described the visitor as "dark-skinned, had bushy
eyebrows, and was dressed in Islamic clothing."
-- Anderson Cooper also interviewed a former classmate of Nidal Hasan,
Val Finnell, on this subject. Anderson Cooper interviewed Val Finnell as
"a former colleague."
-- Finnell repeated the comments that he told the Los Angeles Times
regarding Nidal Hasan's presentation on a "War on Islam" during their
environmental health class. Finnell also told CNN that students openly
questioned the instructor as to what Nidal Hasan's presentation had to
do with environmental health, "but he [the instructor] continued to let
him present his topic."
-- Finnell said that Nidal Hasan's views of on a "war on Islam" was
something that Hasan would frequently discuss. Finnell told CNN "Those
views were a large part of his personality for the entire year. He would
routinely get into discussions and arguments with people - made himself
a lightning rod for that kind of criticism."
-- Finnell also said that he did not believe that Hasan was subjected to
anti-Islamic abuse. Finnell stated that to CNN that "our class was a
very diverse class, people from many different backgrounds, but Dr.
Hasan made it a point to be very vocal in his beliefs, very extreme in
his views, and since he was a military officer, you know, he was
questioned about those things. He sort of brought the criticism upon
himself.... This was a big topic for him, this was a dominating topic
for him."
-- In addition, Finnell also stated that another student said that Nidal
Hasan did a presentation on suicide bombers for a human behavior class.
-- Finnell told Anderson Cooper during the interview: "I know another
student actually approached the faculty about him and called him a
'ticking time bomb'. And that student was concerned because of a
PowerPoint presentation that Dr. Hasan gave in a human behavior class
which justified suicide bombing."
-- this interview has not yet been captured on online video -
we will attempt to find a way to make this available online and provide
an update when it is available
-- a follow-up discussion referencing some of these comments are at the
following online video:
http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2009/11/07/ac.missed.signs.cnn
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