Wednesday, November 11, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Free Speech Rights Prevented Probe Into Hasan E-Mails, Investigators Say - 'Investigators would have been "crucified" over First Amendment rights if they had launched a full-scale probe into e-mails Fort Hood massacre suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly sent to a radical imam, a government investigator told Fox News...'
Well, Investigators, how do you feel now? Would it have been better to be 'crucified' (metaphorically speaking, with scare quotes), for doing your jobs? Or is it better that 13 people are DEAD -- literally, with no scare quotes -- because you DIDN'T do your jobs?
People are now coming out of the woodwork, saying that they knew about Hasan but had 'reasons' for not doing anything. Perhaps they expect sympathy. Sorry, Charlie -- my sympathy is reserved for the victims.