Army base killer was on FBI terror files

The FBI knew that the US officer who massacred 13 people at the Fort Hood base had repeated contact with a radical imam overseas.

The FBI knew that the US officer who massacred 13 people at the Fort Hood base had repeated contact with a radical imam overseas.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan was in touch with Anwar al-Awlaki, an imam released from a Yemeni jail last year, 10 to 20 times. Despite that, no formal investigation was opened into him.

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