FORT HOOD, Texas, June 3 (UPI) -- Nidal Hasan, accused in the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, is competent to represent himself at his court-martial, a military judge ruled Monday.
Presiding judge Col. Tara Osborn ruled Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was mentally competent when he decided to fire his attorneys, the Killeen Daily Herald reported. His three military-appointed counsel will remain in an advisory role and could be called upon during the court-martial to resume representing Hasan.