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| Shooter had 'poor job performance' |
| 2009-11-19 |
| THE US army major accused of the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead was warned repeatedly over his poor job performance. National Public Radio published on its website a transcript of a memo dating from May 2007 that raises "serious concerns" about the "professionalism and work ethic" of suspect army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan. "Clinically he is competent to deliver safe patient care," read the report, dated May 17, 2007. "But he demonstrates a pattern of poor judgment and lack of professionalism." The memo is signed by Hasan's supervisor at the time, Major Scott Moran, a senior military psychiatrist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington DC, where Hasan was being trained. At one point Hasan "was counselled for inappropriately discussing religious topics with his assigned patients," the memo said. He was warned for "having a poor record of attendance at didactics and lower than expected ... scores," as well as for being "consistently late" to morning reports and for being overweight. "Taken together, these issues demonstrate a lack of professionalism and work ethics," read the report. "In spite of all this, I am not able to say he is not competent to graduate nor do I think a period of academic probation now at the end of his training will be beneficial," wrote Moran. The report was issued when Hasan was a captain and had not yet been promoted to the rank of major. Hasan has been charged with the murder of 13 people in the November 5 rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in which 42 people were also wounde |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Give the guy a break. He was prompt and attentive when it counted. Hasan became a regular at a nearby shooting range, Stan's Outdoor Shooting Range in Florence, Texas. He was last at the range two days before the shooting and fired off more than 200 rounds, according to the investigators. |
| Posted by: KBK 2009-11-19 16:03 |
| #2 This sack of $hit should have been drummed out long ago. Pi$$ poor excuse for a doctor. PC has run rampant. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-11-19 15:34 |
| #1 Maj Hasan almost certainly thought his job evals were evidence of anti muslim bias |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-11-19 14:26 |