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Did FBI miss Fort Hood warning signs?

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    Report: Complaints against Nidal Hasan were 'politically sensitive'

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Much well investigators say FBI agents did not follow up on warning signs.

About the accused Fort Hood gunman a Muslim because he was politically sensitive.

That's the word from a new report on that massacre US army major Nadal Hassan is charged with killing thirteen people and wounded more than thirty others.

In that shooting spree that happened three years ago.

According to an independent investigation major Hasan asked about suicide bombings and killings civilians.

In emails to the radical American born cleric Anwar Al Milwaukee.

And he was al-Qaeda is recruiter.

The US drone Anwar Al lucky in Yemen last year.

Catherine Herridge is live in -- DC newsroom tonight Catherine you've already reported here that the FBI was already investigating Al -- -- ties to the 9/11 hijackers.

Well -- -- -- the first to report -- on wallow lucky was considered such a threat to US national security.

That he was part of the president's daily -- that's -- highly classified threat assessment in early 2006.

Yet despite her -- emails to the cleared the Washington joint terrorism task force decided not to interview his supervisors.

Fearing it would hurt his career prospects in the military.

On December 17 200811.

Months before the shooting Hasan asked the -- for advice quote.

Some appear to have internal conflicts and -- evening killed or tried to kill other US soldiers in the name of Islam.

Can you make some general comments about Muslims in the US military.

-- -- asked the same question multiple ways over the next seven months with the last email to -- lucky in June of that year all lucky only reply twice -- What's the reaction on Capitol Hill there Catherine.

Well -- -- to chair of the House Intelligence Committee who has been briefed on the independent report by judge William Webster.

Said the FBI agents threw up a net threw up a necessary roadblocks.

They didn't believe certain pieces of information were eligible to be shared for legal reasons not necessary for.

Any any other reason.

And in this 173.

Page report person which are heavily redacted there are calls for change to the FBI policy data management and training.

And -- thirteen people are dead this report does not call for any administrative.

Or disciplinary action at the FBI -- Catherine Herridge in Washington Catherine thanks.

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