A US soldier testified in court today that he recorded two cell phone videos of the Fort Hood massacre as it was happening, but his CO told him to delete the footage the same day.

That is outrageous. It sounds like the Army was in full CYA mode the same day the massacre occurred. The CO who gave that order should be investigated and charged with obstruction of justice. It’s inconceivable to order the destruction of such important evidence.

The Army still has not been forced to answer for the culture of political correctness that allowed this terrorist attack to occur.

The LA Times is reporting that several Army officers could face disciplinary action related to the Ft. Hood terror attack.

The Army believes Major Nidal Hassan was promoted up through the ranks when he clearly should not have been.

The review found that Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, repeatedly failed to meet basic officer standards for physical fitness, appearance and work ethic, but that superiors allowed his medical career to advance.

"Had those failings been properly adjudicated, he wouldn’t have progressed," and could have been forced out of the armed services, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the review’s findings had not been made public.

Instead, the investigation found that for much of Hasan’s career, supervisors were blinded by his resume, believing they had found a rare medical officer: someone with a stellar undergraduate record, prior service in the infantry and intimate knowledge of the Islamic faith.

The officers responsible for his promotions could face disciplinary action and hold the ranks of colonel and below.

The Times article goes on to cite a lot of bureaucratic mistakes and the need for more stringent oversight of this or that.

What the article and more importantly the Army fails to address is the culture inside the military that allowed these mistakes to occur at all. There is no place in America where political correctness is more entrenched than in the military.

Officers need to feel comfortable that their careers will not be ruined if they report a fellow soldier believed to hold extremist views. Muslims are part of the “protected class” and no one wanted to be accused of racism or anti-Muslim bigotry for reporting Hasan.

New questions are being raised about where all of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan’s money has been going.

He earned more than $90,000 per year, but lived alone in a broken down apartment he rented for $300 a month. Investigators are combing through his financial records as we speak.

Better late than never — I guess.

A new poll from Rasmussen Reports shows 60% of Americans want the attack at Fort Hood investigated as a terrorist attack. Only 27% want it investigated as a civilian criminal act.

65% want Major Nidal Malik Hasan to get the death penalty.

76% believe the military should remove officers who attempt to contact terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda:

Seventy-six percent (76%) believe the army should remove from duty all officers like Hasan who attempt to contact radical terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda. Only seven percent (7%) disagree. This general view was articulated by Senator Joseph Lieberman, who said, "If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance."

The fact that it’s even a debatable issue as whether a military officer should be removed for contacting Al Qaeda really speaks volumes about the sorry state of our country.

Political correctness is running wild in America and is creating a pre-9/11 mentality that will only cost more lives.

Hasan should have been dishonorably discharged years ago and possibly even prosecuted. It’s outrageous that a radical Muslim who spoke openly about his contempt for America would be allowed to continue serving in the Army.

From the AP:

President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings.

Obama met Friday morning with FBI Director Robert Mueller and other federal leaders to get an update on what they’ve learned. Thirteen people were killed and 30 others injured in the shooting rampage at the Texas Army post on Thursday. The suspected shooter is an Army psychiatrist; his motive remains unclear.

"We don’t know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts," Obama said in a Rose Garden statement otherwise devoted to the economy.

"What we do know is that there are families, friends and an entire nation grieving right now for the valiant men and women who came under attack yesterday," the president said.

In other words, don’t jump to the conclusion that Hasan was a radical Muslim. We don’t want to get hasty and start blaming Islam! Sorry Barry, we know his religion was the cause — too late.

Get ready for the ultimate whitewash of this entire affair by the mainstream media and The White House.

Every conceivable reason will be given for why this traitor did what he did except the actual one — his religion.

It’s not politically correct to blame Islam for anything in America. The television and print media will go out of their way to avoid mentioning that Hasan is a Muslim. A Muslim who thought other Muslims should fight back against the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan. A Muslim who made internet posts sympathetic to suicide bombers. A Muslim who yelled “Allahu Akbar” before gunning down 12 colleagues at Fort Hood.

With the exception of Fox News, the media is a disgrace.

-Chris Jones

CNN has this exclusive footage of radical Muslim soldier Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan just hours before he went on a shooting rampage. He’s wearing traditional Islamic dress complete with skull cap.

(hat tip Hot Air)

According to the AP, the Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire. “Allahu Akbar” is Arabic for “God is great” and is a frequent battle cry of radical Muslims.