And Now It Gets Worse

Earlier today I said that I didn't think the Ft. Hood shooting had much to do with Islam, given the facts so far. ABC News has some new facts, apparently.

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said.

Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said that he requested the CIA and other intelligence agencies brief the committee on what was known, if anything, about Hasan by the U.S. intelligence community, only to be refused.

In response, Hoekstra issued a document preservation request to four intelligence agencies. The letter, dated November 7th, was sent to directors Dennis Blair (DNI), Robert Mueller (FBI), Lt. Gen Keith Alexander (NSA) and Leon Panetta (CIA).

Hoekstra said he is "absolutely furious" that the house intel committee has been refused an intelligence briefing by the DNI or CIA on Hasan's attempt to reach out to al Qaeda, as first reported by ABC News.

If this is true, then the odds of this being treated as a terrorist attack and the odds of Hasan being charged with an act of terrorism just went through the roof.

You know that national security apparatus revenge against Obama for the torture investigation (gee, where did that go?) Say hello to the other shoe. "Well gosh, didn't you get our memo, Mr. President, that we had potential time bombs in the military? After all, we knew..."

The neocons just got their second wind.