WASHINGTON (AP) _ There are differences at the Pentagon about which officials had knowledge of contacts the Fort Hood massacre suspect made with a radical cleric months ago.
Government officials say a Pentagon terrorism investigator looked into Maj. Nidal Hasan’s contacts with an imam. The investigator, who wrote an assessment, was part of a task force. It concluded the contacts did not advocate violence.
But a military official now denies prior knowledge that the Army psychiatrist had any contacts with Muslim extremists.
The disclosure about Hasan’s communications came as questions swirled about whether opportunities were missed to head off the rampage in which 13 died and 29 were wounded last Thursday.