Allen West on Tucson vs. Allen West on Fort Hood

U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) gave an “impromptu press conference” before a speaking engagement Tuesday morning, mostly on the Tucson shootings, rejecting calls for more civil rhetoric. He said that those making the calls were grandstanding,

Lieberman’s Investigation Into the Fort Hood ‘Terrorist’ Attack

Jesselyn Radack at Daily Kos has a nice roundup of yesterday’s Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, called and led by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who opened the morning session with an announcement that the shootings of 13 soldiers on the U.S. Army base was a “terrorist” attack as More…

Military to Seek Death Penalty for Fort Hood Massacre

Even though the military justice system hasn’t actually executed anyone in over 50 years, military prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty in the case of alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, The Wall Street Journal reports this morning. Hasan was charged with 13 counts More…

Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Unlikely to Get Death Penalty

Crimes that occur on military bases are usually heard in the military justice system. But while that may sound harsher than a civilian court, the sentences usually turn out to be more lenient.

The result is that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly gunned down 13 people at More…