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I suppose I’ve been expecting some news along these lines concerning the accused Fort Hood shooter, an Army psychiatrist. The Wall Street Journal is now reporting:

“Maj. Hasan’s lawyer, John P. Galligan, separately said he was considering an insanity plea for his client. ‘Based on my preliminary assessment, it’s very clear that mental responsibility issues will play a very important part of the case,’ he said in a telephone interview.”

If Maj. Hasan has mental health issues, then it might certainly bolster the case some readers have made that they suspect he was on anti-depressants and that those may be connected with his behavior. I have my doubts, but we shall see.

The other thing is that if Maj. Hasan had problems, then why didn’t his psychiatrist colleagues pick up on them and push for a fitness-for-duty evaluation?

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