Fort Hood gunman had Yemen contact
12 April 2012
The army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 people at Ford Hood base in Texas had made contact with a radical cleric in Yemen, it was revealed today.
Emails between Major Nidal Malik Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki were intercepted but no action taken.
On his website Awlaki praised Hasan, saying he had "done the right thing".
Investigators are waiting to talk to Hasan, 39, who was shot four times but has been taken off a hospital ventilator and is speaking.