THE FORT HOOD KILLER - AT 8:07 A.M. ET:  According to Britain's Daily Mail, the Fort Hood shooter was facing an FBI probe over his political views.  This link, by the way, contains surveillance camera photos of the killer, in full white Muslim dress, apparently taken a few hours before his deadly rampage:

The army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 people in a murderous rampage at America's biggest military base was facing an FBI investigation for expressing sympathy with suicide bombers.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, had allegedly posted a series of comments on a website which drew parallels between terrorists and a US soldier who sacrificed himself to save his comrades.

Investigators were tipped off six months ago by the devout Muslim's worried colleagues.

His behaviour was particularly alarming as he was responsible for the psychological well-being of many vulnerable soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

And...

'If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory,' he is said to have written.

'Their intention is not to die because of some despair. Their act was not one of suicide that is despised by Islam.'

COMMENT:  There were plenty of warning signs about this guy, including a poor evaluation in his previous military/medical assignment.  Why was this man permitted to remain a commissioned officer?  Why was he permitted to treat American soldiers returning from combat? 

November 6,  2009