The Fort Hood spokesman just told him, officially, that the dead suspected shooter was a convert to Islam and he hasn’t repeated it since. He’s content rather to let it seem that this is a clear case of battle fatigue. He just said the suspected shooter was angry about being deployed to the Middle East, not mentioning the fact that he’s a converted Muslim and that maybe that could have something to do with the man’s motive.

Meanwhile, ABC’s Brian Ross isn’t as prissy about it. Here’s his Twitter feed:

Shooter identified as Maj Malik Hassan, convert to Islam.

Shep is in his Katrina mode today.

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