Fort Hood Update: Nidal Hasan's Defense Attorney Has Started A Blog

Last month, we reiterated my admittedly very hard feelings about the joke that passes for oversight in the National Health Service Corps.

After twelve years of BS and the jurisdictional dodge, I'm just not feeling any love.

I've also blogged on the abominable way the United States Navy has treated Lt Commander (and Surgeon who could be serving in Iraq) Eric Gluck . . . as they shielded a Navy Surgeon General from accountability for his actions . . . specifically lying about his credentials even as he made judgments about the lives and careers of others (amazingly, all the links to these stories in my post appear to be broken - here's one that's still up).

It's therefore not very hard to believe that the same kind of sorry oversight was in play at Fort Hood in all dealings pertaining to Dr. Nidal Hasan prior to the shootings. The Army psychiatrist slaughtered 13 people and wounded 30 more.

Common sense flew out the window to service political correctness. For you see, in the new improved military, we can't be profiling Muslims who openly express radical jihadist views.

My prediction months ago was that the White Wall would crumble. After all, the aisle-hopping chipmunk is on the case.

The attorney for Nidal Hissan has turned to an interesting tactic to combat a partial government gag order placed upon the defense (but not the prosecution).

He's started a blog. Here's the direct link.

I think that's called "contempt". And I'm quite sure you'd call it relevant.

A key witness (the Fort's base commander at the time of the shootings) has been sent to Iraq without being deposed. A pawn in the Army's chain of command didn't think it was necessary.

Of course, while the base commander being forced to admit under Oath that the Army really, Really, REALLY screwed up in its evaluations & management of Hasan certainly increases the government's culpability and liability, it doesn't do a whole lot to mitigate any circumstances for the psychiatrist-turned-domestic-terrorist-and-mass-murderer.

Hasan has the right to a defense, but I'm not feeling any love there either. It's what they call an "uphill gig".

This is going to be interesting.

And what was that I've been saying about healthcare reform needing to address the giant black holes in government oversight before we give the government 30-some million more Americans to take care of?