Was Fort Hood Shooter's Intentions Mass Murder, or Terrorism?

ABC News by Lauren Cox | Nov. 11, 2009 (Special Report)

Some seee tis as an act of terrorism, but crime experts and fellow psychiatrists familiar with the military question whether Hasan's alleged actions compare with those of George Sodini, who is accused of shooting 11 women in a Pennsylvania gym this summer, or Seung-Hui Cho's motives in the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre. Full Story »

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by Michael Todd - Nov. 12, 2009

Stories that look at people motivations using experts who have never met that person always scare me a little bit, and I generally shy away from them. But this piece certainly has resonances beyond that type of piece, especially as more background emerges on how the system treated -- or didn't treat -- Hasan.