CNN The Situation Room August 6, 2013 22:17:00
I think this will raise a number of questions, so get ready. i think the president could have simply fired dr. hasan and that would have cut off his pay. the only problem with doing that would have been that there wouldn't have been military jurisdiction and dr. hasan at that point could have been tried in federal district court for a terrorism charge. you have to assume that this was a case that really should be tried in an army court-martial. but the president did to my understanding have the power to simply fire dr. hasan, dismiss him as a commissioned officer. >> we'll check that with the ...