Witnesses
Panel 1
* General John M. Keane, USA, Retired
Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
* Mitchell D. Silber
Director of Intelligence Analysis
New York City Police Department
* Frances Fragos Townsend
Former Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
* The Honorable Juan Carlos Zarate
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism
Juan Carlos Zarate, who was President George W. Bush's Deputy National Security Adviser for combating terrorism: "Given the cover [Hasan] used, as someone researching the effects on Muslim soldiers of operating in Muslim countries [his approaching al-Awlaki] was not wholly illegitimate. It doesn't raise the specter of dangerous or criminal activity." In those circumstances, the officials monitoring the communications between the psychiatrist and the imam might reasonably assume that Hasan was doing "legitimate research, on behalf of the U.S. military," he adds.
* Brian Michael Jenkins
Senior Advisor
RAND Corporation
The list does not include anyone actively involved in investigating the Fort Hood attack, or anyone who might have been responsible for decisions made by various government agencies before the attack about whether to investigate the shooting suspect, Nidal Hasan. The Senate committee source said HSGAC Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) had hoped to have witnesses from the FBI and the U.S. Army, but was rebuffed in his requests.
Posts
