I realize that hindsight is always 20/20 in these matters, but this still doesn’t look good:
USA TODAY – Officials at the Navy base in Newport, R.I., failed to forward a report from local police last month that Monday’s alleged killer of 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had complained about hearing voices coming from the ceiling of his hotel, a Pentagon official told USA TODAY.
Aaron Alexis, 34, was questioned by Newport police on Aug. 7 at a local hotel room. Alexis, a Navy civilian contractor working on a job at the Newport base, told officers that unknown people were trying to prevent him from sleeping and sending “vibrations” through his body. Newport police then contacted base security to alert them about Alexis.
“There is no indication that the information went beyond the naval security force (at base),” the official said, adding that more details could emerge as the investigation continues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because officials were not authorized to speak publicly.
Base security “did not deem Alexis to pose a threat to himself or others based on his alleged conduct at the hotel that night,” according to another Navy source who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the case. That’s why, the second official said, the base security did not inform Navy officials in Washington or elsewhere.