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Did You Know? Accused Ft. Hood Gunman Is Still Getting Paycheck From the Government

Fort Hood Gunman Still Getting Paycheck

Accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan continues to draw a military paycheck from the government, the base commander said Wednesday.

Major Nidal Hasan, accused of the 2009 mass shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 dead, has retained his military rank and continues to get paychecks from the government, the base commander said Wednesday.

Lieutenant General Donald Campbell, Jr., the commander of Fort Hood, said Hasan’s confinement and medical expenses are also being paid for by the military, KXXV-TV reported. He receives weekly medical treatment and is occasionally transported to meet with his defense team.

Hasan was shot during the attack and is reportedly paralyzed from the waist down.

Campbell said the actions are to ensure Hasan gets a fair trial.

“The bottom line is when you cut through everything we are as an army, we have to be fair to him regardless of what we saw or we think we saw or whatever the case may be,” Campbell said. “It’s imperative we maintain the integrity of the court martial so he gets as fair a shot as possible defending himself with his team.”

Hasan is awaiting a court martial set for March 5, 2012. He is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. If convicted, he faces the death penalty.

The trial is set to be held at Fort Hood.

“It’s a delicate balance,” Campbell acknowledged. “We believe [Fort Hood] is a location where we can have a fair court martial.  We want it to stay here not for any ulterior reason, but that we have the capacity to have it here.”

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  • Codger
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:07am

    As much as it hurts in my gut… this is fair… but… this is one of the reasons for the Constitution’s 6th Amendment – Right to Speedy Trial.

    It‘s absurd the military has been at this case for over two years now and by the time it’s concluded will likely be three years. If he’s found guilty and he better be… they can then determine how he’ll repay his back pay and allowances over the time.

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    • Pastor Ray
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:37am

      But a headshot would have saved everyone a lot of grief and GOD would have already judged him!

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    • doubtingthomas
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:51am

      Alas, even if he is found guilty, and it is hard to imagine he won’t be, and he loses all pay and benefits, he will continue to draw his pay until Congress (The Senate) takes away his rank. Congress commissions officers, and only Congress can take away the commission. There are, without doubt, officers in Leavenworth or other military prisons that cointinue to receive their pay because there has been no Congressional action to take away their rank. Thus, there will be no repayment or return of his pay.

      There is a former sheriff (Mike Corona) in California that is in prison, but draws a couple hundred thousand a year in retirement pay!

       
    • loriann12
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:46am

      I agree. At first I was outraged, and then I got to thinking. If we cut his pay and broke him in rank, it would be doing so without a trial. As much as we know he’s guilty, he deserves a trial. He is an American citizen. I think they should have been more speedy than 2 years. Maybe they want to keep paying him?

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    • Papalima28
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:33am

      This terrorist falls under the UCMJ, and should have already have been tried.

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    • IntegrityFirst08
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:47am

      I know in the law enforcement world its called Terminated/Suspended WITHOUT pay. His paychecks have nothing to do with him receiving a fair and just trail.

      The casey anthony case is why these cases take so long because they have to get it right and prove without a reasonable doubt. The casey anthony prosecution failed and they are a great example. Not that these two cases have similarities in them other then length of time.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:07am

      Pastor Ray
      Yes, and I have a whole lot more faith in GOD’s justice than I currently do in mans!!!!!!

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  • ranneyr
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:00am

    death penalty, and pay per view…. !???

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    • Pastor Ray
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:32am

      To make up the difference in money paid out to this Pagan Murderer

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  • ranneyr
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:58am

    $5600.00 per month plus extras, and medical, dental oh my! check out the military pay scale.

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:57am

    Here is a concept…….escrow ?

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:47am

      Now that’s a good idea. Keep it in escrow and when he is finally proven guilty, give it to the families of those killed.

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    • ringo20001
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:42pm

      Great idea. All of it to be distributed to the victims when he is executed.

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  • Charles
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:51am

    Is that all you dweebs can do is throw sarcasm at this? I can tell you this. If I woke up and heard that DC was nuked over night and all the politicians and politically correct “military leaders” were gone. Totally gone – I would have a huge party.
    If all you can do is post sarcastic responses to every one of these stories revealing the disastrous state of our nation on The Blaze please just shut the F up.

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:04pm

      And will you Plueeze tell Rep ALGreen of Texas that the AWOL soldier pervert Muslim from Ft.Campbell KY that wanted to punish the Military by blowing up a resturant frequented by American soldiers near Ft.Hood was indeed a Muslim and AL Green owes an appology to the Honorable Mr.King for the outbursts by the Democrats and Communist Party dupes at the Congressional Hearing by Mr.King.

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  • rabblechat
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:49am

    Heck, he may even get a promotion! I mean CAIR will probably get him a slick tongued lawyer Like OJ and Casey Anthony. I’m sure some lawyer out there is willing and able to get him off the hook for the right price…

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  • rabblechat
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:46am

    Joe- One to the head would be quick and painless, how about 3-4 .22 rounds in the gut.
    Then wheel him out to the desert, dump him out of the government issued wheelchair and let the buzzards and coyotes do the rest.
    Thats after he has his day in court of course…

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    • twofeet
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:06pm

      “two to the body, one to the head, just to make sure he is really dead”
      again, after his trial by a jury of his “peers”

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  • Coralchristie
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:45am

    Can anyone verify something I read that was in an article some time ago about the Ft Hood attack? It, I believe, said that there was a survivor that had recorded the shooter on his cell phone during the attack and was commanded by a superior officer to delete it.

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    • Realman30
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:31am

      I read the same thing. It’s another one one those stories downplayed ny the msm.

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  • oldsoldier10
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:40am

    Yes, innocent until proven guilty even applies to military justice. If he is found guilty the EVERYTHING will be taken from him. Let the process work!

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    • spurjimmy
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:50am

      Dozens of eye witnesses and incontrovertible forensic evidence…why hasn’t this mass murderer gone to see his virgins yet????

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:52am

      This is exactly the way things are dupposed to work. He has not yet been convicted. This is still America isn’t it??

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:02am

      You are right about innocent until proven guilty, however, that doesn’t mean that they have to pay him. This is where that he is suspended without pay until it is settled, then if he is found innocent then they can pay him his back pay. If a police officer had done something like this, at the very least he would be susupended without pay and that’s the way it is done.

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    • Malcom0983
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:18am

      The beauty of the military is that you don’t need a trial to be separated from the military. The fact remains that he got himself arrested and missed movement to Afghanistan. That, alone, is reason enough to be discharged without trial or at the very least reduced significantly. But he remains a Major and he remains in the U.S. Army.

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  • Fina Biscotti
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:36am

    The bottom line is when you cut through everything we are as an army, we have to be fair to him regardless of what we saw or we think we saw or whatever the case may be,” Campbell said. “It’s imperative we maintain the integrity of the court martial so he gets as fair a shot as possible defending himself with his team.”

    **********

    The appropriate action is for Major Nidal Hasan to be EXECUTED – before a FIRING SQUAD – for his ACT of WAR against THE USA on a US military base on US soil.

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  • Fina Biscotti
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:34am

    Not only that – Major Nidal Hasan was on Obama’s “transition team”.

    It should also be investigated whether the WH closed down the FBI investigation of Major Nidal Hasan – and/or interfered in having Hasan removed from the US Military for his statements clearly indicating that he was a RADICALIZED MUSLIM – prior to his successful RADICAL MUSLIM TERRORIST ATTACK on A MILITARY BASE on US SOIL – FT. HOOD, TEXAS -

    especially since Obama interfered w the investigation of the Radical Muslim – who eventually shot up the recruiting station in Arkansas – killing one soldier, gravelywounding another
    closing down the FBI investigation as RACIAL PROFILING – although the radical Muslim convert was being tracked by the FBI as a potential terrorist on US soil – going in and out of the USA on phony passports, buying illegal firearms and assault weapons, training at Radical Muslim training camps in Syria and Afghanistan.
    Spokesman for the FBI stated that if the WH had not closed down the FBI investigation as RACIAL PROFILING – the FBI would have still had the radical muslim under survelliance – and could have prevented his killing rampage.
    from ARTICLE in the WASHINGTON TIMES (check their archives)

    Obama should be thrown in GITMO – along with Eric Holder.

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:05am

    i knew he was but his lawyer is mad they wont deposite it in his account and they were at one point having trouble cashing them

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  • Malcom0983
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:59am

    I’ve seen officers get separated, almost immediately, for drunk driving. No benefits. I’ve seen soldiers get separated for failing height and weight standard, no benefits. But an enemy combatant, murderer can’t get a timely discharge? Kind of outrageous.

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    • Obama_Sham
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:23am

      The only way that happens is if the accused accepts NJP (Non-Judicial Punishment)… Then the Commanding Officer acts as judge and jury… Everyone who is accused of anything can refuse NJP and select a court-martial where the accused fate is decided by a jury with a judge overseeing the proceedings…

      At this point in time, this man is accused of the terrible act at Ft. Hood… However, he has the right, as an American citizen, to face his accuser and have his fate decided by a jury of his peers…

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  • Carol Ingian
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:38am

    Ridiculous! I think we should have laws that make our country extremely UNappealing to criminals, terrorists, illegals, etc. It makes no sense at all that we who are legal citizens have to do with less because some in our government feel we should be financially supporting the whole planet.
    I can see feeding the man until trial… but it should not be taking this long for justice to occur.

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  • olddog
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:32am

    Only in America !!!!!

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  • JIMMYC57
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:31am

    This guy should have been taken out the day he shot all those boys.I also think there will be many more like him.All this crap about peaceful muslums,bulls***

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  • jsykes71
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:14am

    This guy should’ve been cut-off and sent to “old sparky” the second he pulled the trigger, but his mosque-buddy is still payin’ him. Figures. This country is really getting ready to implode.

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  • Servant Of YHVH
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:04am

    “Lieutenant General Donald Campbell, Jr., the commander of Fort Hood”
    So how many more terrorists does this guy want to pay for killing our soldiers. Perhaps we should be investigating him in this case as well.

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:56am

    That money should be going to victims families Everyone know who did it. Where is the common sense people. No wonder our country is on the edge of a financial melt down.

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    • momsenior
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:03am

      That is correct! It should be going to his victims families!! Why can justice not be served. What about the people he murdered? What of the ones he wounded? They certainly are not being treated fairly. We do not care that he is paralyzed! If the shooter who shot him had been a better shot, he would be dead and saving us a lot of money!

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  • TexasKnight
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:55am

    This is an abhorrent! Call your congressmen and see if this can be stopped!
    It is unconstitutional. He has a right to a speedy trail by his peers. 3plus years?
    He is being paid while in military prison awaiting trial? Exactly what is he doing for us now to earn this pay? We are paying his medical bills also, because he was active duty when he did this…
    It should have lasted about a month, and then he should have been given a blindfold and two bullets to the heart.

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    • mred33
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:31pm

      “This is an abhorrent! Call your congressmen and see if this can be stopped!
      It is unconstitutional.”

      Sorry to tell you this, but it is NOT unconstitutional for him to get his pay or free medical treatment and calling your congressman is just telling the world that you are willing to take away someone‘s constitutional rights simply because you don’t like him. Well, I don’t like him either, but I won‘t call for taking away his rights just because I don’t like him. Your thinking is no better then a LIBERAL if this is the way you want him treated. The constitution is not there for your convenience and is there to protect his rights from people like you. You all seem to be willing to take his rights away, but how would you feel if they took yours away? Remember that he is innocent until proven guilty, and that includes getting free medical and his paycheck…………………………

      I don’t like this guy and will not feel the least bit of remorse after he has his day in court and if found guilty, is shot or whatever, but I will not wast my time even thinking about this guy while he is sitting there rotting in jail waiting for his trial. The last time I looked, this was still America and we still give a man his day in court no matter what he did or to whom.

      Ed

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  • Cold War Vet
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:32am

    I wish they would just get on with a good old UCMJ courts martial. They’d find him guilty and put his sorry, traitor a$$ in front of a firing squad. I once sat in on a military courts martial, over a much lesser case. It wasn’t pretty! The military really knows how to put a defendent on the hot seat!

    Unless things have changed since I was in. Have they?
    I hear that a lot has changed in our military culture.
    I don’t want some cretins giving him a stacked civilian trial with a wimpy bleeding heart jury, like the one that Casey Anthony got.

    The Liberal Hall of Shame!
    http://neuezeitgeist.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/the-hall-of-shame/

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:03am

      I am with you. He is subject to the provisions of the UCMJ. Until proven guilty, he remains a serving officer. We are a nation of laws. He committed an act of treason. The UCMJ provides the death penalty by firing squad. Get it done.

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    • Bald1
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:52pm

      Cold War Vet – you are correct. Most people do not understand Military Courts and the UCMJ. Yes, he still is a serving Officer, and as such receives his salary and benefits, until he is convicted by a CM and that court reduces his rank and can forfeit his pay and allowances plus a fine, confinement in a Military prison, or death. A Military Court Martial does not have the same burden of proof required as a Civil Court nor the legal rules. There is no such thing in the Military Courts as double jeopardy. He can be found guilty and sentenced. He then can be tried in Federal Court (crime committed on Federal property) or in a civilian court for the same offense. This happens all the time, a Military member can face a CM; be reduced in rank/grade, forfeit pay, serve time, be dis-honorably discharged and face a civilian court on the same charges.

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    • Bald1
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 12:04am

      Here is another tid-bit…He could also be charged with damaging Government property…HE is government property and his will full act, caused an injury to himself. Another charge could be “conduct unbecoming”….I say these in tongue and cheek, but they have been used in the past.

      I truly believe the Military is taking their time in this case in order to dot all the “i” and cross all the “T” and build an airtight case.

      To make everyone feel better….he pays for his meals when in the brig …woops stockade.

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  • blownaway
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:23am

    Only in America… I wish we would get our head out of our Azz!

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:04am

    This thug should be tried for treason in a military court.

    To think that we the taxpayers are paying for anything for this mass-murderer is an affront on all America!

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  • Large Eagle
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:24am

    So he gets the death penalty and the muslims sympathizers who have infiltrated our military will send it to one of his relatives to be forwarded to the taliban or the muslim brotherhood. If what I say ****** you off – remember – anytime anywhere – I will be your Huckleberry

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  • Venom
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:59am

    What? Does this really surprise anyone??

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    • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:20am

      Heck, Britain gives social payments to people that go to fight in Afghanistan, against their own soldiers.

      Surprised, heck no. The US Federal government gave $700 million to build and repair old Mosques throughout the mideast.

      Heck, why not fund both sides of the conflict, it is what the warmongers do.

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