Major Hasan "may have been developing a psychosis" but no test was done

Leaders of Fort Hood review to testify today

By Calvin Woodward and Richard Lardner - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 7:59:29 EST

WASHINGTON — Leaders of an internal Pentagon inquiry into deadly shootings at the Fort Hood military installation that left 13 dead aren’t talking about why the accused gunman moved through the military’s ranks despite repeated concerns over his performance and behavior.

Former Army Secretary Togo West and retired Navy Adm. Vern Clark were expected to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill, but they said they won’t discuss specifics about Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan in open session “in order to preserve the integrity of the ongoing military justice process,” according to their prepared testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.

Hasan’s supervisors sanitized his performance appraisals in the years prior to the shootings, according to government documents obtained by The Associated Press that reveal concerns about him at almost every stage of his Army education.

Officers in charge of Hasan loaded praise into the alleged gunman’s record despite knowing he was chronically late for work, saw few patients, disappeared when he was on call and confronted those around him with his Islamic views.

The materials also disclose concerns that the psychiatrist-in-training might have been developing a psychosis, according to the documents, yet no mental health evaluation was done.
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Leaders of Fort Hood review to testify today