WND falsely claimed alleged Fort Hood shooter "advised Obama transition"
WorldNetDaily falsely claimed that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan "advised Obama transition" in the headline of an article by Jerome Corsi highlighting his listing as a "participant" in a report for the Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) at George Washington University's Presidential Transition Task Force. However, Corsi himself acknowledges that there is no evidence that "the group played any formal role in the official Obama transition" -- indeed, the Task Force was initiated in April 2008. Moreover, while Hasan was listed as one of approximately 300 "Task Force Event Participants" in the report's appendix, HSPI has reportedly said he was not a "member" of the Task Force, and was listed because he RSVP'd for several of the group's open events.
WND article featured false headline "Shooter advised Obama transition"
From the
November 6 WND article: 
WND claim contradicted by HSPI report and WND article itself
Corsi: No evidence "the group played any formal role in the official Obama transition." In his article, Corsi wrote: "While the GWU task force participants included several members of government, including representatives of the Department of Justice and the U.S Department of Homeland Security, there is no indication in the document that the group played any formal role in the official Obama transition, other than to serve in a university-based advisory capacity."
HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force initiated in April 2008 -- well before Obama's election. According to the HSPI Presidential Task Force report Corsi uses to establish the link between Hasan and the organization, "in April 2008 The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) established the Presidential Transition Task Force, comprised of national and homeland security experts, policymakers and practitioners."
According to HSPI, Hasan not a Task Force member, listed because he RSVP'd for groups' open events. In a November 6 blog post, Gawker reported:
FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: Daniel Kaniewski, the institute's deputy director, confirms that Hasan attended task force meetings as an audience member, and stresses that he was not a member of the task force. "All of our events are open to the public," Kaniewski says, "and when someone RSVPs we put their name in the [report] so everyone knows who was in the room." He says institute staffers recall Hasan attending at least one task force event, and that he RSVP'd for several. "We do recall him speaking at one of our events as an audience member," he says, "but none of us recall what he actually said. Generally, our events are attended by people in the homeland security community, and Hasan had a very legitimate reason to be there. He was a fellow at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences."
Hasan was listed in the group's report as one of roughly 300 "Task Force Event Participants."
The Right should be embarrassed by their spokespeople these days.
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But that would require shame, which they lack the capacity for.
Let's see how long this takes to get into MSM, though. That's the thing I'm most curious about.
The Obama administration has a lot of employees.
Some of those employees no doubt drive Volkswagens.
A VW was driven by, and promoted by, HITLER!
Ergo, there are some Nazis working in the White House.
But remember, Hippies and peaceniks in the '60's and '70's drove VW's as well.
...OMG...
...hippies wanted to gas the Jews!
...NOT!!!
WND, welcome to Idiotville. Population, you, and every afr right conservative in America.
I'll echo your "Good Lord".
Throw out any crap you can make up and see what sticks.
ACORNS!
OMG!
Headline: "Michele Bachmann Eats Live Kittens"
Body: "There is no actual evidence to assert that Representative Bachmann has consumed any live animal."
I remember that horrible special effects scene very well from the television series "V". It was one of the most hilariously bad special effects in television history.
http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf
page 32
Did anyone in Obama's circle know Hasan? How did he out of many get picked for this position? And why would anyone stay in the military during wartime if they didn't want to go to Afghanistan?
I can understand being upset about a draft, but nobody went postal over a draft.
I'm sure I'll be censored on Soro's site.
Maybe Obama and Soros should be headed towards Gitmo for waterboarding? Obama as commander in chief betrayed his troops. Fox doesn't need to call it out, I will. Unlike the left that panders to social insecurities, I can see reality for what it is.
You'll sell out the life of soldier for a Sorosbuck.
Not even a condolence. How can you stand to look at yourself in the mirror?
I probably have to say that again. When you came here wishing that a media critic would post an article stating that murder is bad, you read an article by WND using dead soldiers as political pawns against Obama.
The topic is persons who have faked a news report about the tragedy for political ends. Where would you advocate inserting a condolence for the families?
In this case, Jerome Corsi is lying about the President of the United States.
If you don't want to read media criticism, why are you at Media Matters?
Have you visited ESPN.com and asked them why they are talking about sports today instead of the shootings?
Have you gone to Playboy.com and asked them why they are showing porn instead of talking about the shootings?
As for narcissism, that's a serious charge to make. Narcissism is a serious complex whereby a person with a fragile ego becomes self-absorbed to avoid any outside criticism. Sounds more like our prior President than our current one.
Right, and Farah going on Liddy's show going "HA! He worked for OBAMA!" coupled with the typical right wing bogeyman of teh izlamofashizm is okay.
I've also advised various film stars, sports heroes, and all sorts of other public figures during my life.
I read the Bible once, so I guess that makes me the Messiah. Please deposit your tithes at the drop box near the door. "
Damn I wish I'd thoughta that one!
But I also want some of the credit for opening the way to dealing with China.
"Daniel Kaniewski, the institute's deputy director, confirms that Hasan attended task force meetings as an audience member..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjfB1tdCO9I
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Sorry, I can't think of any more smears to bring up. Please add your smears as you go along. Let's see how long a chain of smears we can come up with.
Jerome Corsi was the co-author of a smear book by John O'Neal, against John Kerry.
O'Neil was one of the founders of the Swift Boat Vets for (un)Truth.
O'Neil and the SBVs had to disown Corsi when it was found that he had published viscious smears against Pope John Paul II.
He is a prove religious bigot.
Please remind readers of this anytime Corsi's name comes up.
http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf
It's kind of scary that a group of people would so easily take a Sorosbuck to hide valid information involving 13 Americans were killed at Ft. Hood during the massacre. His patronage is more important than the lives of American citizens, their deaths are felt as deeply as the victims of Columbine, the VA Tech Massacre and the Kent State Shootings.
And on that note, the Muslim community has been reaching out during the incident because they sincerely care about maintaining relations in America. And it's going to work because THEY CARE.
The left winged talking heads haven't even come forth with their condolences but played the race card and started throwing blame around with bad facts.
Show some class, will you?