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how do you police against this?
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For starters, when an Army Major starts ranting about radical Islam in the way that Hasan did, you Section-8 his ass. Hasan wasn't at all reticent about his beliefs, in fact he went out of his way (and frequently off-topic) while in school to deliver lectures about the virtues of Islam, violent Jihad, and forced conversion. Classmates and professors describe him repeatedly ignoring assigned topics for discussion or writing, and instead utilising his "front time" to give lectures on justification for suicide bombing (among other things). His communications with a radical cleric overseas, which we now know to have been common knowledge within at least two Federal law-enforcement agencies, should have been the icing on the cake.
Islam is not to blame. Muslims are not to blame. This individual Muslim radical is to blame. But this individual Muslim radical had help from an Army establishment that was well aware of his ideology and the propensities that ideology imparts, and which did nothing because it was worried about "diversity" suffering, as evidenced by the fact that such concerns were among the first public comments made by any Army official in reaction to the shootings.
Diversity is good. But like all good things, it can be carried too far, as it was in Maj. Hasan's case. The military should embrace its' Muslim Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen; they are doing a very difficult job, made much more difficult by the likelihood of friction (or worse) from their families, their clergy, and sometimes their co-workers. However, the Defense Dept. needs to pull its' head out of its' collective ass on this one. Gang-members are already becoming a problem, with gang tags showing up with some (and increasing) frequency in Baghdad for about 3yrs now. If the Defense Dept. is so desperate for people that it's retaining gang-bangers and Really Frikkin' Obvious Section-8's like Hasan, then perhaps a re-evaluation (long overdue) of -why- they need so many people (bases in 135 countries, 2.5 active wars, etc) should be considered.