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President Barack Obama speaks about the shooting at Ft. Hood in Texas, during an event at the Interior Department in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Obama orders intel review on shooting

President seeks more info into Ft. Hood shooting

Updated: Thursday, 12 Nov 2009, 1:19 PM MST
Published : Thursday, 12 Nov 2009, 12:59 PM MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has ordered a review of all intelligence related to Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and whether the information was properly shared and acted upon within government agencies.

    The review will be overseen by John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.

    The first results are due to the White House by Nov. 30. Obama also ordered the preservation of the intelligence.

    Members of Congress, particularly Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, have called for a full examination of what agencies knew about Hasan's contacts with a radical imam and others of concern to the U.S., and what they did with the information.

    The FBI confirmed this week that the U.S. government knew about 10- to 20 e-mails between Hasan and a radical imam beginning in December 2008.
     

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