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Soldier Arrested Over Concerns of Possible Fort Hood Plot
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Exclusive: AWOL soldier remains in custody
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- Date Jul 28, 2011
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Now we're piecing together what we're learning at a Texas for Fox News alert now -- details and a possible plot.
To attack Fort Hood.
-- that's the same Texas post war and a gunman carried out a massacre.
Two years ago and just like in the suspect wears a military uniform and there might be more than one.
Jennifer Griffin live at the Pentagon and we've been working on this for hours now what can we report Jennifer.
Well built what I can tell you from law enforcement and army sources.
That Nasser -- a private from Fort Campbell Kentucky who had gone a while July 4 weekend.
Was basically found to be.
Taxing back and forth to gun stores -- ammunition as well as some explosive materials.
That raised the the alert in Texas near Coleen and near Fort Hood.
Where authorities were worm -- contacted by.
The gun store owners when they looked into -- they realize that -- Jason Abdul was missing from Fort Campbell.
-- little background on who He is.
He was a if He was aren't about to be deployed to Afghanistan on his first -- when He applied for conscientious objector status.
His superiors rejected that -- an army a deputy assistant secretary of army review board overturned that.
He was then that found to have child pornography on his government computer they were looking into that charged when He went a while on July 4.
He was then found in Texas recently he's in.
The custody of the -- police department right now we're told but again what has authorities concerned is that when they found him we're told from two sources.
He had is some sort of explosive materials and a backpack as well as some jihadist materials.
And given the proximity to Coleen to Fort Hood there was concerned that there could be a looming and impending attack.
On Fort Hood somewhat similar to that that terrible November 5 2009 attack when a major -- and the Dow.
Killed thirteen soldiers on fort Fort Hood base bill.
So this was on the eve of his first deployment to Afghanistan He goes a wall.
About was back in the fourth of July.
He's now been arrested or he's been picked up I should say in Texas.
-- the -- near the thing -- -- He -- -- was -- working with anyone else Jennifer.
Right now we all that we know from police.
Authorities down in killing.
Is that He is under arrest there are some indications that they are they're looking at federal authorities are looking into connections to other.
Individuals.
But at this point in time they authorities have one person in custody.
-- Jason -- -- a as soldier with a 101 airborne first brigade combat team.
He was supposed to deploy to Afghanistan He had applied for conscientious objector status that had been rejected been overruled.
And then He went -- -- Wednesday began investigating.
Child pornography on his government issued computer.
And it was November of 2009 you mentioned in the loss on killing thirteen wounding more than thirty and truly rock not just Texas but the entire US military them.
Jennifer Griffin thank you exclusive details of that story that's breaking right now the --
