Aaron Alexis calls police and says that 'he heard voices through the walls.' How did this not raise alarms that he sought Physciatric help at the Veterans Affairs Office & and a near month later, he killed 12 innocent people. Alexis had a long history of being in trouble with the law; infractions with the Navy, Gun violence ending with police involvement & mental health problems that rose greater as the years came by. Officials of the Navy say that his mental problems would've earned him a discharge from the Navy... But people are wondering, why didn't it? Arising from this ordeal, is a question of how the Department of Defense grants security clearences for all Federal Agencies. Alexis had was granted clearence for the navy yard; that's how he was able to get in. Little red-flags such as his insomnia & run-ins with the law, are all things that should be noticed by the law; all of the law. A quote from The New York Times says as much, "Mr. Alexis had shown a 'pattern of misbehavior' during his four years as a reservist, according to Navy officials. That pattern caused some of his commanders to consider giving him a general discharge — one level below honorable, which could have derailed his security clearance."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/us/washington-navy-yard-shootings.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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