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Ex-Army recruit whose 'Ft. Hood-inspired jihad' prompted alert not a threat: FBI
2014-04-02
[FoxNews] 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 front man 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 on the lam."
How odd. What d'you suppose that was all about, dear Reader?
Posted by:trailing wife

#12  The FBI confirmed it responded to the incident (latest Ft Hood Shooting) and will help lead an (Cover Their Ass since earlier today they claimed there was no threat) investigation, a San Antonio FBI spokeswoman said.
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 19:32  

#11  Quote from FBI above:

“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."

Drain the useless, Federal Swamp.
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 19:16  

#10  Well done, gentlemen. I've posted an article on Page 1 with the information here. Let's add further updates to that thread, if y'all would be so kind.

Let us join the FBI in devoutly hoping the killer is not the gentleman they released in the story at the top of the thread.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-04-02 18:58  

#9  Shooting with casualties reported at Ft. Hood

The Texas Department of Public Safety reported a shooting with casualties Wednesday at Ft. Hood, scene of a 2009 attack that left 13 dead.

No further information was immediately available on the incident, the shooter or the extent of any injuries.

A banner running at the top of Ft. Hood’s website cautioned, “Shelter in place immediately. This is not a test.”

In 2009, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, a psychiatrist who had become a radical Muslim while serving in the military, killed 13 people and injured dozens more inside the Army base in Killeen, Texas. Hasan, who represented himself at a military trial after clashing with his appointed attorneys, was sentenced to death in August.
Posted by: BREAKING - FT HOOD SHOOTING   2014-04-02 18:51  

#8  And now this...Shooting Confirmed at Fort Hood.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-04-02 18:50  

#7  Maybe they should put him in protective custody...for his own good.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-04-02 11:38  

#6  "We have interviewed this individual," an FBI front man 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 on the lam."

.....but on the off chance you happen to see Booker or his brother, please ring up the SAC, Kansas City asap.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-04-02 09:43  

#5  Upon further investigation he was not a member of the tea party.
Posted by: Airandee   2014-04-02 09:36  

#4  ...probably one of the first movies of that era that actually started to make the effort to use or portray appropriate period equipment.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-04-02 09:07  

#3  We must go to the source.....

Posted by: Shipman   2014-04-02 08:44  

#2  You are a strange blessing Joseph. It was a little noted role by O'Connor (shut up, we got the game on!) who was kinda overwhelmed by Eastwood, Sutherland, Rickles et. al. but not a bad part at all.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-04-02 08:38  

#1  Whoa, just whoa, the Army Colonel whom po'ed General CARROLL O' CONNOR in "KELLY HEROES" went nuts + is now threatening Fort Hood wid Jihad???

gut nuthin.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-04-02 03:25  

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