Terrorist?

Many people are questioning if the Fort Hood attacks were terrorist related. The New York Times writer David Johnston reports the massacre was driven by terrorism according to the legislation in his article, “Lawmakers call Fort Hood Shootings, ‘Terrorism.’” Johnston reports that the Pentagon will further investigate the shootings and the motives behind it. Senator Joseph Lieberman states, “The purpose of our investigation is to determine whether that attack could have been prevented, whether the federal agencies and employees involved missed signals or failed to connect the dots in a way that enabled Hasan to carry out his deadly plan.” The United States Military needs to improve the background checks that are made on the soldiers. Especially as a soldier increases in ranks, the background must go further into their past looking for any conspicuous activity. I believe that if you have not done anything wrong you have nothing to hide. We must be able to give up a little bit of privacy in order to have the freedoms that we have in America.