delayed even longer has nearly doubled. va officials cite efforts to build both capacity and staff at their facilities. the obama administration has finally acknowledged that those hurt and killed in the 2009 fort hood shootings were victims of terrorism, not workplace violence. and while formal recognition of that fact is set for tomorrow fox news has learned the defense department is apparently not putting its money where its mouth is. here s chief intelligence correspondent katherine har raj. reporter: on november 5, 2009, sean manning was shot six times pie major nadal hasan two bullets are still in his body and he suffers from ptsd. manning is about to receive a purple heart, but is not getting combat-related benefits for his wounds. in a fox documentary, manning recounted the massacre which killed 13 and injured more than 30 others. that s when somebody walked into the medical clinic and
of staff and fox news contributer, jack keen, says the purple heart is also a promise to care for the injured. this country has made a commitment for some time to take care of people who have those disabilities and to provide not just the medical support for them, but financial support billion is. reporter: in a statementing an army spokeswoman says all recipients of the purple heart medal will receive the benefits to which they are legally entitled and in manning s case, he will have the opportunity to present evidence at a formal hearing, bret. katherine, thank you. what do you think? do you buy the administration s explanation of why it refuses to grant the combat benefits? let me know facebook.com/bret baier sr or twitter at bret baier, use the #special report. hackers claiming allegiance to isis are taking response pit for disrupting a global french television network. the attack appears to represent a new level of sophistication in the group s information warfare tactic
individuals and not to conduct domestic surveillance, intelligence gathering or any type of bulk data collection. the cia gave fox news a similar statement, bret. continue to follow it, katherine, thank you. things are going frommed about to worse for the secret service tonight. the agency charged with keeping the president safe finds itself under siege yet again for rookie mistakes apparently committed by veteran agents. here is correspondent kevin corke. reporter: critics say it reflects a crumb pelling culture from within. the bottom line is the secret service has to be overhauled. what happened the other day shows we got a ways to go. reporter: the u.s. secret service, charged with protecting the white house, having trouble keeping its own house in order. this as more details come to light about an incident that could tarnish the careers of two veteran agents, george o gill ray is seen seen orsupervisor and seen here, mark connolly, second in command on the president s d
and assaulting two federal agents. the younger of the two al qaeda sympathizers was planning to hit a target in new york city with explosives. the older brother financed and encouraged the plot. the attacks on the federal marshals happened while the brothers were in custody. lawyers on both sides agreed to a prison term of 32 years for the younger brother and 17 years for the older. it appears big brother really is listening. chief intelligence correspondent katherine har raj is here to tell us more a coordinated federal effort to use your cell phone to track you. good evening katherine. reporter: the feds say they are targeting criminals but anyone s cell phone is vulnerable. the program run through the u.s. marshals service scoops up vast imagine of data and scans it before identifying the device and owner. critics question whether the data collection is constitutional. these devices can t help but also sweep in information about thousands, maybe tens of thousands of completely