Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan banned from arguing he was defending the Taliban A military judge barred Army Maj. Nidal Hasan on Friday from arguing at his court-martial that he was legally acting to protect Taliban leaders when he killed 13 people injured 32 others in a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.Hasan, who's representing himself, has said the shootings were a premeditated "defense of others" to safeguard Mullah Mohammed Omar and other Taliban leaders in ...
June 15, 2013 - NBC NEWS