WE'RE NOT THERE YET - AT 5:10 P.M. ET:  There will be at least one Congressional investigation of Fort Hood, but I don't think it's satisfactory.  From The Politico:

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) plans to hold a committee hearing this week searching for clues about why the accused Fort Hood shooter was never flagged as a danger to troops on the base.

Appearing Sunday on CBS's “Face the Nation,” Leahy said Congress would be keeping close watch on the investigation.

Yeah, yeah, but Leahy is one of the most left-leaning members of Congress.  Maybe he'll do a good job, but maybe he'll be running interference for the administration.

“We don’t want to step on things that will make it more difficult for prosecutors, but obviously in this Congress, we have reason for oversight,” Leahy said.

The ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra, indicated that congressional investigations will help pressure the government to speed up its release of information about the alleged shooter.

“The government has been too slow about giving us answers,” he said.

That's because it doesn't like the answers.  It wants better answers.

Oh, and get this one, also from The Politico:

Council for American-Islamic Relations national communications director Ibrahim Hooper said Sunday that the U.S. still isn't clear if the shootings at Fort Hood were an act of terrorism.

"To call it an act of terror is to jump to conclusions, to rush to judgment," Hooper said in an appearance on TV One’s "Washington Watch."

COMMENT:  Ah, yes, I remember it well.  "Rush to Judgment" was the name of the first major conspiracy-theory book about President Kennedy's assassination.  It was written by Mark Lane, a controversial left-leaning lawyer, who questioned the Warren Commission's official account.   The book made Lane famous, and rich.  The term "rush to judgment" has been a favorite in some circles ever since.

The Council for American-Islamic Relations is a very problematical group that the FBI once worked with.  The Bureau has severed its connections.  Good for the Bureau.

November 15,  2009