Hasan wire transfers not terror-related

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Wire transfers to Pakistan made by suspected Foot Hood, Texas, shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan weren't related to terrorism, a source says.

Citing an unnamed federal law enforcement official, The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday the transfers, made by Hasan to Pakistan in the months before this month's deadly Fort Hood shooting spree, were unrelated to the slayings.

The money "went to people not related to terrorism," the source told the newspaper, declining to elaborate.

John Galligan, Hasan's attorney, said it was likely the accused killer of 13 soldiers -- a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent -- gave the money to Muslim charities.

"The discovery process is going to take some time," Galligan told the Morning News, "but many of the things that people are all alarmed by are going to be resolved or discounted."

The transfers reportedly aroused suspicions they could be linked to terrorism because Hasan has no family in Pakistan.

"If indeed this part of the investigation is closed, then members of Congress who have oversight authority should be able to see where the money was going," Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told the newspaper through a spokesman.