Obama Orders Review of All Ft. Hood Docs

President Tells Federal Agencies to Preserve All Documents Related to Shooting and Major Nidal Malik Hasan

(CBS/ AP)  Updated 2:57 p.m. ET

President Barack Obama has ordered a review of all intelligence related to Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and whether the information was properly shared and acted upon within government agencies.

The review will be overseen by John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. The first results are due to the White House by Nov. 30.

"The White House wants to be seen taking a leading role in determining whether any warning signs were overlooked or mishandled in the case of alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan," reports CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller. "In a directive to the Pentagon, FBI and intelligence community, President Obama said he wants one of his top aides informed of all findings."

Special Section: Tragedy at Fort Hood

Mr. Obama also ordered the preservation of the intelligence. Members of Congress, particularly Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, have called for a full examination of what agencies knew about Hasan's contacts with a radical imam and others of concern to the U.S., and what they did with the information.

Hoekstra confirmed this week that the U.S. government knew about 10 to 20 e-mails between Hasan and a radical imam, beginning in December 2008.

Here is the full text of Mr. Obama's memo:

On November 6, 2009, I directed that an immediate inventory be conducted of all intelligence in U.S. Government files that existed prior to November 6, 2009, relevant to the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, especially anything having to do with the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, U.S. Army. In addition, I directed an immediate review be initiated to determine how any such intelligence was handled, shared, and acted upon within individual departments and agencies and what intelligence was shared with others. This inventory and review shall be conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the ongoing criminal investigations of the Fort Hood shooting.

The results of this inventory and review, as well as any recommendations for improvements to procedures and practices, shall be provided to John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, who will serve as the principal point of contact on this matter for the White House. Preliminary results of this review shall be provided by November 30, 2009.

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[donbl1]

Why not "all docs"?

Why Ft. Hood docs?

Oh yeah, it is all flash and no substance.

This guy is so weak we are going to be at 12% unemployment by the November 2010 elections.

[jwesel1]

Because there are just too many doctors in Texas.

[roach9703]

Hasan is a classic sociopath. ALL the mental health people in the Army need to be reevaluated. How this guy EVER got to be psychiatrist is a mystery to me. Just read his paper.

[retm-w]

You take what you can get with an all volunteer force.

[erasmus111]

Good idea.

[kenhamlett]

Good start on this for Obama but I would not stop there. There are reportedly gross failings throughout the military medical systems as well as the VA clinics. While I can not personally say either way, neither can anyone else. The reason of course is that no one bothers to check.
Thus our President is apparently the first person in government to realize that one can not find answers if no one is looking.

[lightningF]

Headline should read,Obama Orders review of all Muslim Soldiers.

[50BMS13]

lightningF
EXCELLENT POST