DEFENSE DEPARTMENT COWARDS:  The Defense Department is actively opposing legislation pending in Congress that would award the Purple Heart to the survivors of the Ft. Hood terrorism attack by Major Nidal Hasan.  Why?  Because DOD doesn’t want to call Hasan a “terrorist,” according to a document obtained by Fox News.

“The Army objects to (the proposal) because it would undermine the prosecution of Major Nidal Hasan by materially and directly compromising Major Hasan’s ability to receive a fair trial. This provision will be viewed as setting the stage for a formal declaration that Major Hasan is a terrorist, on what is now the eve of trial. Such a situation, prior to trial, would fundamentally compromise the fairness and due process of the pending trial,” the document said.