NBC's Williams reports: A US official identifies the shooter as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan

[jefferson_dem]

NBC's Williams reports: A US official identifies the shooter as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan, age 39 or 40.

http://twitter.com/chucktodd/status/5461902849

I'll go ahead and say it - based on the name alone, things are about to get much worse than they already are.

[Renew Deal]

1. Major?

That's a pretty high officer isn't it?

[TwilightGardener]

5. Kind of in the middle.

[Renew Deal]

9. O-4. That's pretty high.

A 4 star general is O-10 to give perspective. Still, an O-4 doing this is shocking.

[Garam_Masala]

6. above majors are 3 levels of colonels, and several levels of Generals

If the shooters were Muslims that has to be very disturbing.

[ShortnFiery]

11. Two levels of colonels in the USA: LTC -light and COL - full bird.

[Brother Buzz]

17. 3 levels of colonels?

Back in my old army we only had two, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel.

[Garam_Masala]

21. I think you are correct...2 levels of colonels.

I am never afraid to admit my errors :toast:

[ShortnFiery]

28. Your're most welcome.

;)

[ShortnFiery]

8. No, just Field Grade, 04, Major in the US Army. It's mid-level for officer ranks.

The lower run is Company Grade: 2nd/1st Lieutenants and Captains.

[Renew Deal]

That's a big rank to be doing something like this.

[ShortnFiery]

29. Yes, he was an Army Psychiatrist, O4, Major, US Army Medical Corps

Adds to the REALITY that not everyone in the Mental Health Field is both mentally and emotionally balanced. :shrug:

[tridim]

2. Still from a single source as far as I can tell.

His story is already being written all over the internet before anyone knows anything other than this single source report.

[jefferson_dem]

7. CNN just reported it too.

[tridim]

12. They're all reporting the original ABC source.

Unless I missed something.

[Renew Deal]

3. BTW, google has nothing on his name except 10 stories about the shooting.

Sounds like this guy was off the internet.

[RepublicanElephant]

4. well, fox news will have a tough time deciding which story to spin the most...

the nutbagger attack on d.c.

or blaming obama for another guy with an arabic name.

[elocs]

10. For Muslims it is going to get much, much worse I'm afraid. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

13. Not from me or members of my family. eom

[treestar]

14. Did he gain his majority under the Bush Administration?

Someone with a name like that would have been subjected to every security check possible.

[marlakay]

30. they said he just became major last may

so it was a new thing.

[Beaverhausen]

15. "the" shooter? I heard there were at least 3?

[Jennicut]

16. Per Kay Bailey Hutchison and Shep on Faux it was a Major about to be shipped out

Changed his name not some time ago when he converted to Islam. He has said in the past he was upset about possibly being employed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Faux actually had more news then CNN as Hutchison actually gave some info out.

[Kdillard]

18. Seriously I don't get people like that do they not understand what they signed up for

When they join the army.

[Drunken Irishman]

20. Well that's good.

I mean, not good what happened, but this sounds more like a man pissed he was being sent over to Iraq and Afghanistan and not a man hell-bent on bringing about a jihad.

:/

[DrToast]

19. Let's not jump the gun. He may have just gone nuts

We don't know if he was a "terrorist."

[Garam_Masala]

22. Any one soldier can go "nuts" but 3 of them simutaneously?

We should wait to reach any conclusion until FBI has finished
its investigation.

[alsame]

23. Ed Schultz reporting he was a mental health professional on base. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

24. WOW!!!

That's just nuts.

[alsame]

25. If true, it could explain how he manipulated the other two suspects

to do something like this.

[ShortnFiery]

26. IMO, they all were mentally-emotionally ill to even have conceived such horror. n/t

[alsame]

27. Yes, of course they were. nt

[Clear Blue Sky]

31. He is a psychiatrist. (medical doctor)

[dave29]

32. (was)

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[AspenRose]

33. Oh, boy.