The FBI was also notified of large amounts of money that Hasan had wired to charities in Pakistan , but the FBI determined that the money " went to people not related to terrorism " , On November 9 , 2009 , the FBI said that investigators believed Hasan had apparently acted alone . They disclosed that they had reviewed evidence which included the 2008 e-mail conversations but said they did not find any evidence that Hasan had direct help or outside orders in the shootings . According to a November 11 press release , after preliminary examination of Hasan 's computers and internet activity , they had found no information to indicate he had any co-conspirators or was part of a broader terrorist plot " at this point " . Although this was what they stressed were the " early stages " of the review , no contrary conclusions had been reached even after reports that the US government believed that Awlaki had been the target of airstrikes in Yemen , and that on December 26 , 2009 , investigators said that the suspect of the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 bombing admitted that he had attended camps in Yemen where al-Qaeda members including Anwar al-Awlaki had instructed him , blessed the attack , and provided the bomb
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Joint Terrorism Task Force