WASHINGTON (November 11, 2009)--A group of doctors who oversaw Maj. Nidal Milak Hasan's medical training discussed concerns about his overly zealous religious views and strange behavior months before the Army major was accused of opening fire on soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.

AP quoted a military official familiar with discussions about Hasan as saying that Hasan as a psychiatrist in training was belligerent, defensive and argumentative in his frequent discussions of his Muslim faith.

He also had a reputation for being a mediocre student and lazy worker, a matter of concern for doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences military medical school, according to the military source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to speak publicly about the meetings.