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2009-11-20 | |
From Ay Pee: Defense Secretary Robert Gates named former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark to review a broad range of Pentagon programs, ranging from medical and personnel policies to how well military bases are secured.
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Posted by:Besoeker |
#14 Agreed. But he lived in an apartment described as about the standard for PFCs in the area. He had no outside hobbies, no family and no school loans to repay. You can save a lot over several years that way. |
Posted by: lotp 2009-11-20 20:55 |
#13 180K$ after tax is still a lot of paychecks. Could be his life savings, but it's still a lot of green. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-20 20:00 |
#12 No, he only did this for 6 months ... which might well have been dispersing money he saved for years, given how he lived. |
Posted by: lotp 2009-11-20 18:50 |
#11 It's 30K$/MO, not 30K$/yr. Thats 360K$/yr, real money, even for flag officers. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-20 18:04 |
#10 $20-30K/year. Maybe back in my old days, but a quick google will show base pay in '09 for an 04 over 6 to be be around $5330 a month. Toss in housing, subsistence, and medical pro pay, he was hauling in well over 60K a year. Annual Incentive Special Pay (Medical Officers)- Psychiatry - 20,000.00 . Monthly Variable Special Pay (Medical Officers) 6 but less than 8 years - 1,000. Now at retired [but subject to recall] half pay, yes about 30K a year. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-20 17:44 |
#9 |
Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-20 15:37 |
#8 $20-30K/year. Rest at the titty bar. |
Posted by: ed 2009-11-20 15:30 |
#7 gorb, and as in "No way this could have any connection to our good buddies in Iran, KSA, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, Somalia, etc." No global Muslim Jihad here folks nothing to see. |
Posted by: AlanC 2009-11-20 14:57 |
#6 $30K/mo as an Army pill pusher? Pay's gone up but not that much. Follow the money. |
Posted by: Albemarle Jelet1799 2009-11-20 14:56 |
#5 "Self-Radicalized"? As in "No way we could have seen it coming"? |
Posted by: gorb 2009-11-20 13:56 |
#4 And if ANYONE thinks these donations and money transfers went unnoticed by the US Government they are absolutely delusional! Once again, a detailed Hasan timeline please. Along with declassified US Government, FBI, or whomever surveillance reports if you will. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-20 12:05 |
#3 Hasan apparently gave $30,000 a month to Islamic charities associated with terrorism. So that's where his salary went. Thank you, Lumpy Elmoluck5091 |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-11-20 11:59 |
#2 Can't have a real independent probe. This will be 9-11 Lite. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-11-20 11:03 |
#1 Toga West was appointed by Ford, served as counsel to DoD under Carter during the Iranian hostage crisis, and held various positions in Clinton's administration. Good tranzi pedigree with a thorough working knowledge of the military and Pentagon. If they want to cover up an 'oops', its too late. Brian Ross has good sources and is already on this one: United States Army Major Nidal Hasan told a radical cleric considered by authorities to be an al-Qaeda recruiter, "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife, according to an American official with top secret access to 18 e-mails exchanged between Hasan and the cleric, Anwar al Awlaki, over a six month period between Dec. 2008 and June 2009. Hasan apparently gave $30,000 a month to Islamic charities associated with terrorism. |
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-11-20 10:05 |