The news that Dr. Nidal Hasan served on a Presidential Transition task force and helped set national security priorities continues to be ignored by the media. It reveals the extent to which political ideology has crippled common sense in the conduct of national security affairs, leaving us vulnerable to our sworn enemies. In the proceedings report for the Presidential Transition Task Force entitled, "Thinking Anew -- Security Priorities for the Next Administration," in APPENDIX C Task Force Event Participants, on page 29, we find the name of Nidal Hasan, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine.  This is the same Nidal Hasan, Major, US Army, who murdered and maimed fellow soldiers at Ft Hood.  This is the same Nidal Hasan who had been spouting Jihadist rhetoric and defending radical Islam for years without disciplinary action or censure.  This is the same Nidal Hasan who communicated with Islamic radicals and was tracked by the FBI.Political...(Read Full Post)