RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 29 â?? A state panel has sharply criticized decisions made by Virginia Tech before and after last Aprilâ??s shooting massacre, saying university officials could have saved lives by notifying students and faculty members earlier about the killings on campus.
Because university officials misunderstood federal privacy laws as forbidding any exchange of a studentâ??s mental health information, the panelâ??s long-awaited report concludes, they missed numerous indications of the gunmanâ??s mental health problems.