Hasan Reckless and Lazy, Boss Wrote in '07

(CBS)  Nidal Hasan's supervisor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center warned that Hasan was unprofessional, lazy and was "counseled for inappropriately discussing religious topics with his assigned patients," according to a memo obtained by National Public Radio.

Written by Dr. Scott Moran, the chief of psychiatric residents at Walter Reed, the 2007 memo is the first work performance evaluation that has surfaced from the file of the man who is accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood on Nov. 5.

Officials at Walter Reed sent the memo to Fort Hood this year when Hasan was transferred there, according to NPR.

The letter expresses "serious concerns" about Hasan's "poor judgment" and "lack of professionalism."

It goes on to rebuke Hasan for his poor attendance record, tardiness and questionable work ethic. According to the letter, Hasan only saw 30 patients in 38 weeks.

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The memo is even critical of Hasan's failing a weight test. He "was found to be out of standards with body fat % and was counseled on that," the letter reads.

Despite the litany of issues raised, Dr. Moran writes that Hasan is "able to self-correct with supervision" and does not recommend academic probation.

Meanwhile, Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced Wednesday an investigation by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee into the Fort Hood shooting.

"We appreciate that the Army and the Justice Department are conducting a criminal investigation of this shooting," said Lieberman. "But that does not mean that the rest of us, including the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, can just sit back and watch."

[ramos1129]

And this guy was promoted to Major? Despite this memo and misgivings by his associates? There must be an independent investigation of everyone involved from the very highest to the very lowest of people involved.

[SusanStoHelit]

180 soldiers suicided this year. They're very understaffed in medical resources in the Army, which is why anyone with a pulse gets a promotion, and even the worst are kept in. Gang members, racists, slackers, whatever. Bureaucracy makes it near impossible to fire even the worst - a common factor of government jobs.

[SusanStoHelit]

He doesn't say he does not recommend academic probation - he says he CANNOT recommend it since the case does not fit the needed parameters. An obvious statement that the rules don't let him say what he'd like to.

[bubbadubba]

But remember, the military was under Bush orders "hands off" Muslims because if the military started getting rid of Muslims it would look bad for the Iraq and Afghanistan war.

[nickie0830]

2007, 2008, 2009. That is a long time. This guy should have been really high on the radar of the Military, Homeland Security, the FBI. If we had intelligent methods of gathering intelligence we would have caught this guy, but we have too many people hassling grannies at the airport. We, as a nation, have allowed an erosion of our constitutional rights in the name of safety since 9/11, so how did this happen? Easy answer, Appearances are more important than reality, so they gather more information than they can possibly review and therefore miss the important, glaring information.

[steve8313]

Not to defend the man in any capacity but I have personal seen on many occasions during my service, military officers "re-dating" papers and out and out false reporting. So I don't give much to this particular part of this whole thing. Just saying.

[roach9703]

Senator Lieberman should continue to press for a a thorough congressional investigation. However, he needs to be mindful that the main issue is Hasan's Sociopathy more than any other issue, and the question of why it was not detected. Also, considering his ,at best, lukewarm performance evaluations, how did this guy ever got promoted past Captain? His obesity itself was a possible sign of serious depression, which again was not fully acknowledged.
Hasan's issues have more in common with McVeigh, the mall shooters,and the mass killings in Pennsylvania, and New York - all involved lone, male, sociopathic killers. In all these cases, all the groups with which they interacted, rejected them.

[SchemeFighter]

Hasan's sociopath behavior was detected. It?s partly revealed in this report. Many people that worked with him or was treated by him saw some of the sociopath IslamOfascist behavior and philosophy. It was detected, it just wasn?t taken seriously and he was given a free pass because he was an authority and in the system and a minority.

Hasan and many other mass murderers are outcasts because they are sociopaths and delusional. They don?t have compassion for others and they don?t have the ability to relate to others therefore they don?t get along with others.

[SchemeFighter]

I think this shows the discrimination that goes on in this country Nidal Hasan got a free pass because he was a minority; he was lazy, fat, incompetence, unprofessional, derelict and mentally unstable; yet not only was he kept on the job he was promoted because of his ?minority? status.

We need to stop discrimination. Treat people based on their performance, knowledge and ethics; not on their ethnicity or religion. This political correct garbage needs to stop. Liberal fascism is destroying this country morally and financially.

[roach9703]

I totally agree, it is amazing that this got a promotion!

[armyoftwelve]

The high cost of political correctness: a shooting spree at Ft. Hood.

This fat tub of poop should have been canned long before now.

[nowhiningallowed]

Well, evidently what the good doctor had to say about this individual was totally ignored and swept under the PC rug. Explain why then Hasan would have been promoted? Did some of his superiors think that by overlooking these deficiencies and his religious and inappropriate rants he would see the light? Reverse psychology, affirmative action and gullibility by these so-called superiors contributed to this terrorist attack. These individuals should lose their commissions and dishonorably discharged.

[stryker54]

Yes your right, we should blame all his superiors and take their commisions away, their pensions and benefits, while we are at it, lets grab his parents for breeding this guy and kill them too. Your reasoning is f-ed up. This guy is responsible, no one else. Now a days if you say something in the military or civilian life the first thing everyone wants to do is yell racial profiling, discrimination. So how about we change the laws on this so when someone see's someone for what they are they don't worry about losing their job. And let's also call a terrorist a terrorist. And also we should quit carrying about what the Muslims think.

[SusanStoHelit]

Anything with a pulse and enough time in got promoted. It was a meaningless title - did not give him anyone to supervise, nor any change in duties. It's not PC - it's normal bureaucracy issues.