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Experts Outline Hurdles for Defense of Hasan

Nov. 16, 2009
Defending Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of the Fort Hood killings, is the kind of test many lawyers dread, and some live for.
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Imam says he didn't incite Hasan

Imam says he didn't incite Hasan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A radical Muslim cleric said he exchanged e-mails with the accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman, not to incite violence but in the role of a confidant.
Hasan prosecutors to seek death penalty

Hasan prosecutors to seek death penalty

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Military prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, a senior U.S. Army officer said.

Hasan may have wired money to Pakistan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, may have wired money to Pakistan, a congressman says.
Hasan prosecution likely to be lengthy

Hasan prosecution likely to be lengthy

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The prosecution of accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan likely will be a drawn-out process, military legal experts said.
Report: Defense not told of Hasan e-mails

Report: Defense not told of Hasan e-mails

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Pentagon says intelligence agencies disclosed intercepted e-mails between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and a radical imam only after the Fort Hood rampage.
Fort Hood shootings

Fort Hood shootings

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Investigators are looking again at a series of messages the alleged Fort Hood, Texas, shooter sent to a radical Muslim cleric.

Report: Hasan called for infidel's deaths

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of slaying 13 people at Fort Hood, once said that infidels should be killed, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday.

Hasan taken off ventilator

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 fellow military members at Fort Hood, has been taken off a ventilator, the Army said.

First aid began when Hood shooting ended

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The two police officers who ended the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, said they began first aid on Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as soon as they shot him.

Neighbor says Hasan gave away belongings

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A neighbor of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan says he gave her most of his belongings shortly before going on a deadly rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch