Between five and eight Army officers are expected to face discipline for failing to take action against the accused Ft. Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, over a series of behavioral and professional problems in the years leading up to the November rampage.

Had corrective action been taken, Hasan’s career might have been cut short before the Nov. 5 spree at the Texas Army base that left 13 people dead, an official familiar with results of a Pentagon review said Thursday.

In addition, the review concludes that the Defense Department does not adequately share information about personnel internally. It also found that the department’s policies toward internal threats are outdated, focusing more on hunting spies than ferreting out extremists, according to officials familiar with the review.

Top officials plan to discuss portions of the review at a Pentagon briefing today.

The review found that Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, repeatedly failed to meet basic officer standards for physical fitness, appearance and work ethic, but that superiors allowed his medical career to advance.

“Had those failings been properly adjudicated, he wouldn’t have progressed,” and could have been forced out of the armed services, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the review’s findings had not been made public.

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