Political correctness at any cost, and in spite of tragedy?
November 11, 10:56
Stephen Vargas
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In the days following one of the deadliest incidents on United States soil, when United States Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people (12 soldiers and one civilian) and wounded 29 others during a shooting spree at U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on November 5, 2009, several sources disclosed that the Army and the Central Intelligence Agency were aware of questionable or suspicious conduct on the part of Major Hasan, yet failed to take precautionary measures.

“There are very, very strong warning signs here that Dr. Hasan had become an Islamist extremist and, therefore, that this was a terrorist act," Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said.

These signs included cautionary statements made by classmates of Major Hasan at Uniformed Services University, a military college. One student warned army officials that the Major was a “ticking time bombâ€