On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:13:42 -0800 (PST), Scott Dickson
wrote:

On Nov 9, 11:24*am, jps wrote:
ABC News is reporting that U.S. agencies were aware months ago that
Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sought to contact
people associated with al Qaida, according two American officials
familiar with the case. "It is not known whether the intelligence
agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to
connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said," ABC
writes.

Was he a Boater? This IS a boating NG....

Yes, many jihadists are active in the boating community.

They're active on several newsgroups, rec.boats, rec.planes, rec.bombs
are among their favorite usenet destinations. They also enjoy
rec.virgins and alt.pamandersonnaked in their off hours.

Remember those Yemini boaters who ran into the USS Cole? I think one
of them used to post here under the name of Karen. A very clever
engineer who mastered the diesel outboard.