Legislation that would award the injured from the 2009 Fort Hood shooting the Purple Heart would adversely affect the trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan by labeling the attack terrorism, according to a Defense Department document obtained by Fox News.
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A source with knowledge of the position paper told Fox News that DOD is putting on a full-court press by sending senior officials, including generals, to meet with lawmakers in an effort to block support.

But Neal Sher, counsel for the Fort Hood families involved in a federal lawsuit against the department, told Fox News that the document -- an "official Army response" to the request for Purple Heart status -- is "an utter outrage" and that it was not surprising given it comes from the same department which labeled the attack "workplace violence."
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The Defense Department document says that to expand the Purple Heart criteria to include “domestic criminal acts or domestic terror attacks would be a dramatic departure” from traditional criteria.
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While the document claims "the Government has vigilantly tended to the needs of the victims and families since the tragic events of November, 5 2009," Sher said the facts show the Army has failed to live up to its creed that no soldier will be left behind.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/.../#ixzz2P0NfMkq3

This was a terrorist act! It's a disgrace how the Obama administration & our Justice Department have changed the facts to suit themselves.

You mean they haven't already gotten them?

I sure would like to hear from some of the survivors. The news media would normally be interviewing survivors and family of those who had died. Just a big silence for all of these people. Disgusting.

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You mean they haven't already gotten them?

I sure would like to hear from some of the survivors. The news media would normally be interviewing survivors and family of those who had died. Just a big silence for all of these people. Disgusting.

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The Defense Department document says that to expand the Purple Heart criteria to include “domestic criminal acts or domestic terror attacks would be a dramatic departure” from traditional criteria.

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"The matter will boil down to whether the Obama Administration will pursue the matter that Hasan was in contact with the enemy and acting as an enemy agent or whether the Obama Administration will sweep that under the rug for the sake of Political Correctness."

Exactly! Trying to bring this POS to trial had been delayed for years. Some of it because he won't shave! Our justice system is geared to protect the criminal instead of the victim!