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Hasan's Lawyer: Don't Quiz My Client

Family engages counsel for accused shooter

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 9, 2009 6:42 PM CST
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(Newser) – A former Army colonel will represent the accused Fort Hood shooter, whose ties to an anti-American imam linked to the 9/11 terrorists became clearer today. Nidal Malik Hasan's family hired John Galligan, who said he has requested investigators not interrogate his client. "Until I meet with him, it's best to say we're just going to protect all of his rights," said Galligan, who was headed to San Antonio, where Hasan is hospitalized in stable condition.

The imam, Yemen-based American citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi, emailed Hasan at least twice earlier this year after receiving 10 to 20 emails from the Army major. "For me, the number of times that this guy tried to reach out to the imam was significant," Peter Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, told the Washington Post.

Two US Army Criminal Investigation Division agents leave the Casa Del Norte apartments yesterday in Killeen, Texas. Nidal Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting, lived at the complex.
Two US Army Criminal Investigation Division agents leave the Casa Del Norte apartments yesterday in Killeen, Texas. Nidal Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting, lived at the complex.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
This 2000 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student.
This 2000 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student.   (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
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Shannonals
Nov 10, 2009 11:07 AM CST
Where exactly did you reasd that his peers reported Hasan numerous times Reader83542248? When the media arrived several people who knew Hasan suddenly remembered all of the radical statements he had made in the past, however if they had actually made a report it would hve been on record to the post, not the FBI.
Yourself
Nov 10, 2009 7:12 AM CST
Personally, the argument that he wanted to leave so badly irks me. In today's army, all you have to do is say "hey, i'm gay" and you're gone...
Yourself
Nov 10, 2009 7:07 AM CST
@rtl - yeah, it irritates me too that the dead aren't "afforded any rights" as you say, but lets be honest with ourselves here, they're dead. The injured have rights, and those are to press charges against their attacker. This court won't bend over backwards for a traitor, he'll be tried in a military court, they aren't there to play pretty against one of their own that killed 13 of their own. None the less, he's allowed to his rights to remain silent and to have an attorney. No one can take that away from him, even if he's guilty.

 
US Army • Yemen • Pete Hoekstra • al-Qaeda • imam • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • John Galligan • Anwar al-Awlaki

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