Congress Should Hold-Off on Fort Hood Hearings

President Obama has called on Congress to hold-off on hearings next week on the Fort Hood massacre. While I agree with the President, it is not for his stated reason that Congress should "resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into the political theater." I don’t believe that is what’s driving Congress to act. Rather, a desire to understand why and how this could have happened is what’s at play. The President has ordered a review of the intelligence collected and acted upon by the U.S. government on Nidal Malik Hasan. The preliminary report is due November 30th. Congress would be wise to wait until after November 30th so as to demand access to the findings and avoid the FBI and U.S. Army responding to questions by claiming they are still looking into the matter etc.