At Fort Hood, Major Nidal Malik Hasan murdered 13 people and injured 30. Mohammed Abdullah Hassan was apparently telling his friends that he was going to attempt something on that scale. But after issuing an alert for him, the FBI is now saying that “there is not a manhunt and there never was one.” Clearly FBI officials are stonewalling and there is more to this story than is publicly being told.
“EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Army recruit whose ‘Ft. Hood-inspired jihad’ prompted alert not a threat: FBI,” by Jana Winter for Fox News, April 1 (thanks to all who sent this in):
UPDATE: An Army recruit who triggered a military and law enforcement alert is not considered an immediate threat by the FBI – even though the agency said he told friends he planned a “Ft. Hood-inspired jihad” against fellow soldiers” and warned it was “imminent.”
FoxNews.com reported Monday that the FBI was searching for a recent Army recruit known as “Booker, also known as Mohammad Abdullah Hassan” after obtaining an alert based on FBI intelligence and provided by the agency’s Kansas City division. The alert, which the FBI sent to the U.S. Marine Corps, local police departments and other law enforcement agencies, was titled “Planned Ft. Hood-inspired Jihad against US Soldiers by Army Recruit” and said Hassan had warned his “jihad was imminent.”
But although the reference was to the 2009 shooting on a Texas military base in which 13 people were killed and more than 30 injured, the FBI downplayed the threat on Tuesday and said it was not hunting for the man.
“We have interviewed this individual,” an FBI spokesman said. “There is not a manhunt and there never was one. There is no imminent threat to public safety, nor should the public be concerned that this threat exists from an individual at large.”
The statement came after the FoxNews.com report, and four days after FBI officials declined to comment on the alert despite repeated inquiries.
But the alert issued to military and law enforcement agencies on Friday, which FoxNews.com confirmed, stated that the man had told friends of his “intention to commit jihad.” The subject was recruited by the U.S. Army in Kansas City in February 2014 and was scheduled to report for basic training on April 7. But he was discharged last week, apparently after law enforcement authorities learned of his alleged plan.
The portion obtained by FoxNews.com did not include the man’s photo or age. It was also sent to the Kansas City Police Department, which could indicate authorities believe he may have remained in the area where he was recruited.
According to the alert:
“On 20 March 2014, the Kansas City Division FBI became aware of an individual named BOOKER aka Muhammad Abdullah Hassan who had publicly stated his intention to commit jihad, bidding farewell to his friends and making comments indicating his jihad was imminent. BOOKER had been recruited by the US Army in Kansas City, Mo., in February 2014 and was scheduled to report for Basic Training on 7 April 2014. Kansas City Division Agents interviewed BOOKER on 20 March 2014.”
Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Ty Balzer confirmed the alert’s legitimacy, but referred questions to the FBI. A spokeswoman with the Kansas City Division of the FBI — the same division responsible for sending out the alert and who, according to the alert, spoke with Booker on March 20 — said she did “not have any information to provide in regards to your inquiry.”
Law enforcement sources familiar with the alert said it appeared to suggest that there may be others in addition to Booker who also might have expressed similar intentions to commit jihad against U.S. military installations.
A military source said it appeared the bulletin was provided by the FBI, then distributed by the Marine Corps under the normal protocol of sharing any information relating to a potential threat to U.S. military installations or personnel.
Always On Watch says
Islamophilia and the whitewash of Islam rule the day! **sigh**
PAthena says
President Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim manque, and he has ordered all government agencies to eliminate “jihad” in what they write. He ordered that Major Nidal Hassan’s jihad attack at Fort Hood to be labelled “workplace violence” instead of an act of jihad. (How he will rename the Boston massacre by Muslim fanatics from Chechen I do not know. Were the warnings from Russia about the Tsarnyev brothers ignored because they referred to Muslim terrorism?)
Angemon says
“How he will rename the Boston massacre by Muslim fanatics from Chechen I do not know.”
Probably sports-related injuries. It took place during a marathon, so…
mortimer says
Whitewashing the threat is offensive. While most Muslims don’t get involved, it doesn’t mean they don’t approve of attacking US soldiers. They show this by their silence.
Always On Watch says
You are correct that most Muslims don’t get involved — overtly, anyway.
Furthermore, whitewashing matters such as the topic at hand serves to promote Islamic supremacism. Muslims have a strong commitment to “the will of Allah” — that is, Muslims see the supremacists winning at least the propaganda war and say to themselves, “The will of Allah must be the establishment of the caliphate.”
Any attack on our military installations is an act of war. Period.
Muslims are engaged in a holy war. The West will not wage a holy war — and, worse, will not even respond to in any meaningful way.
We are bringing about our own destruction!
Gennie Ha says
Ft. Hood would be safer if all the Muslims in Texas were sent back to Sandland.
Shakey Premise says
Ft. Hood and all our military bases would be a lot safer if our soldiers were equipped and were able to act like soldiers. That would go a long way to prevent ‘workplace violence’.
Rick Spencer says
It happened again last night – this time an Iraqi Muslim (of course!) – now painted as someone with mental problems. Hey, they all have mental problems – just as Mohammed did!
D Brown says
The only plausible explanation I can think of is that “Booker” has been certified as mentally ill by a doctor and has a well documented history of mental illness, thus the FBI doesn’t want to waste their time prosecuting someone who will ultimately not be acquitted. The Army did their background search and cancelled his enlistment.
CJM says
These people can not tell the truth can they??? They just open their mouth and lies are flying out. These are the folks that are in charge of protecting us??? Can they be trusted??? No, HELL no!!!!! They don’t know what they are doing and it’s time they get out of OUR House!!!! It belongs to the people not the elitists. We need a good president, how about Allen West, Ted Cruz or anyone who loves the constitution and rules of law executed properly not to the politicalness of the left!!!!!