President Obama said that recent reports of a mass chemical attack in Syria are “of grave concern.” Defense Secretary Hagel said he has been asked to prepare a range of military options for Syria. The Navy is expanding its presence in the Mediterranean. A court found Army Maj. Nidal Hasan guilty on all counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder for the 2009 attack at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded over 30; he faces a sentence of either death or life in prison. The conviction of Pirouz Sedahaty on fraud charges was reversed on grounds including the government’s failure to provide a “fair and complete summary of classified material” to his defense team. The charges involved an Islamic charity that was a terrorist organization. An elderly Florida imam was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sending $50,000 to support terrorist causes in Pakistan.
