Posted by
William D. Dannenmaier on Monday, November 23, 2009 11:28:29 AM
Dear Friends and Readers:
This is a letter more than an essay, in fact it is a letter copying a letter. I have been concerned about all the investigations at Fort Hood. But the Hassan incident at Fort Hood was the flowering of a weed, not its conception. You cannot kill a poisonous vine by cutting off the top. You must destroy the roots. My concern has not been about the investigation of the murders at Fort Hood, rather it is about the failure to examine the program at Walter Reed which permitted it.
I wrote to my senators and congressman about this. A reasonable copy (I’ve changed a few words) of the letter follows. I have heard nothing from my senators or congressman about it as yet, it is really too early to expect a reply, but it could be that they consider the idea it expresses unimportant. If you agree it is important, perhaps you might send it to your representatives in DC.
William D. Dannenmaier
1126 Earl Leach Road 615 789 6670
Cumberland Furnace, TN 37051 wdannenmaier@yahoo.com blog: sparksfromthefurnace.Townhall.com
22 November 2009
Letter to congress:
In one of my blogs, I commented that Congress needs to investigate the Walter Reed Military Hospital. My reasoning then, as a retired licensed psychologist, was that ANY hospital which speculated that a student could be psychotic and still graduated him as a licensed psychiatrist should be investigated. There were also questions concerning his devotion to Muslim extremism. Now, we know that this same person was placed on President Obama’s Security Task Force (listed eighth on page 21 of report “http://www.gwumc.edu/hospi/old/PTTF, Proceedings Report.)
The Senate and the House are busy investigating FortHood security. More important would be an investigation of the Walter Reed training program. How many other persons have they certified as psychiatrists with such plans or problems?
William D. Dannenmaier