Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon confirmed that the upcoming execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the decision to make the execution public, marking the first military execution by firing squad since World War II.
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The decision to livestream a military execution is a highly unusual and controversial move that raises significant ethical and legal questions.
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
Mr. Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice News on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), said the execution of Hasan will take place at Fort Hood on Dec. 3. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009.
“We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public,” Mr. Hegseth said.
Mr. Hegseth spoke to the outlet aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier while visiting the long-deployed crew, who supported the Iran war, before their arrival at their home port in San Diego.
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