Expert: Political Correctness Caused Fort Hood Massacre

Extremist, radical, paranoid, belligerent, schizoid, a soldier potentially capable of fratricide-- all descriptions of Army Major Nidal Hassan by colleagues and superiors long before the Muslim psychiatrist drew a semi-automatic pistol and massacred 13 fellow Americans.

"Somebody should have notified counter intelligence at the very least," says Lt. Colonel Gordon Fowkes, a retired military intelligence expert.

Instead of being kicked out of the service, Hassan was kicked-up in rank and transferred to Fort Hood.

"Somewhere along the line there was not the will to deal with the truth,"says Joan Neuhaus Schaan, a homeland security and terrorism expert at Rice University's Baker Institute.

Neuhaus Schaan contends "political correctness" driven by a fear of appearing bigoted against Muslims paralyzed military decison makers, senior Army medical officers who time and time again got disturbing answers to an essential question.

"Can you trust him to cover your back instead of shoot you in the
back ?," asks Neuhaus Schaan.

The answer was "no" from far too many of Hassan's colleagues.

A new national survey by Rassmussen Reports reveals nearly half of all Americans believe Muslims in the military should undergo extra scrutiny.

Nehaus Schaan warns that when over-sensitivity to religion and race trump national security, America becomes dangerously vulnerable.

"Political correctness is a weakness in our society that can be exploited and is being exploited. I see it every day," says Neuhaus Schaan, who served 11-years in the U.S. Navy.