CNN by Josh Rubin, Matt Smith and Chelsea J. Carter August 7, 2013
Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford stared hard at the Army psychiatrist in a wheelchair who hours earlier admitted to carrying out the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, appearing to brace for questions from the man now acting as his own attorney.
The man, Maj. Nidal Hasan, just stared back.
The drama of Hasan facing and possibly questioning those who survived his attack was expected to continue Wednesday, a day after Hasan left no room for question about who was behind the shooting rampage and why.
"The evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter," Hasan said Tuesday at the outset of his court-martial. "The evidence presented with this trial will show one side. The evidence will also show that I was on the wrong side. I then switched sides."
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013