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Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes before rampage

November 6, 2009 By The Associated Press  BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE (Associated Press Writers), MIKE BAKER (Associated Press Writers)

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.

Investigators examined Hasan's computer,...

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