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Katherine harris picks up that part of our story. >> reporter: born and raised in virginia, you are looking at nidal hassan, then known as mike from, high school in rone oak, virginia, class of 1988. >> parents had an upscale middle eastern restaurant and convenience store. a very americanized student. >> reporter: at stanford university, she has done extensive research into the bureaucratic and intelligence failures surrounding the fort hood massacre. >> he was a loner in high school, not -- not unusual for high school males. >> a lot of people don't realize that major hassan had spent quite ...

>> a lot of people don't realize that major hassan had spent quite ait about of time in tharily army. >> reporter: he was a solar over 20 years and a practicing muslim. he attended bar stow college in california and headed to virginia, to go to virginia tech. colonel galgan was his defense attorney for two years, until the army major fired him. >> he had prior enlisted service and went to med school, under an army program. he would regularly pray and attend local mosques. >> reporter: it appears he started to become radicalized around 2001, triggered by the death of both of his parents. he wen...

Failures surrounding the fort hood massacre. >> he was a loner in high school, not -- not unusual for high school males. >> a lot of people don't realize that major hassan had spent quite ait about of time in tharily army. >> reporter: he was a solar over 20 years and a practicing muslim. he attended bar stow college in california and headed to virginia, to go to virginia tech. colonel galgan was his defense attorney for two years, until the army major fired him. >> he had prior enlisted service and went to med school, under an army program. he would regularly pray and attend local mosques. >>...

Failures surrounding the fort hood massacre. >> he was a loner in high school, not -- not unusual for high school males. >> a lot of people don't realize that major hassan had spent quite ait about of time in tharily army. >> reporter: he was a solar over 20 years and a practicing muslim. he attended bar stow college in california and headed to virginia, to go to virginia tech. colonel galgan was his defense attorney for two years, until the army major fired him. >> he had prior enlisted service and went to med school, under an army program. he would regularly pray and attend local mosques. >>...