Most Believe Ft. Hood Attacks Could Have Been Prevented

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Sixty-four percent of those surveyed believe federal law enforcement agents or the military should have been able to prevent the attack at Fort Hood that claimed the lives of 13 people; 31 percent disagreed and 5 percent are undecided, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Nov. 13-15.

Americans are divided in their opinions on whether the attacks carried out by Maj. Nidal Hasan was an act of terrorism or simply a case of murder with no connection to terrorism, with 47 percent calling it murder compared to 45 percent who say it was terrorism, Eight percent are undecided.

Those are questions that Congress is now asking, with Sen. Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, holding hearings and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy seeking the results of a White House review of what investigators had turned up on Hasan's communications with a Muslim cleric who had al-Qaida ties.

Filed Under: Terror, Polls, Poll Watch

Tagged: fort hood, FortHood, nidalmalikhasan

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