In a letter to senators Tuesday, the Departments of Defense and Justice offered to provide some of the documents sought by a Senate panel investigating the November shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
According to the Associated Press, the agencies agreed to provide congressional investigators with access to the personnel file of the shooter, Army Maj. Nidal Hasan and an internal Pentagon report on the Army’s failure to heed warnings about Hasan. The departments declined to provide access to witnesses of the shooting or the notes taken by criminal investigators.
On Nov. 5, 2009, Hasan opened fire in a building at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 and wounding 30 people. Hasan, who was set to deploy to Iraq and had allegedly been in contact with an imam associated with al-Qaeda, has been charged with premeditated murder.
Last week, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee issued subpoenas to Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates requesting access to documents and witnesses for its investigation.
Read the full AP story here and a write-up by CNN here.
