Pentagon says firing squad’s execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
The execution of Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed Dec. 3, according to a Defense Department official.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad will be shown publicly on Dec. 3, and a Pentagon official later told CBS News the U.S. military plans to livestream it. Hasan is the ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The execution of Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed Dec. 3, according to a Defense Department official.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” The Army announced this week that the execution…
"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it," the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday.
The Pentagon confirms Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution will be livestreamed, according to a Pentagon official.
The US government will broadcast the execution of a terrorist convicted of murdering over a dozen US soldiers in 2009, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he wanted to ensure ‘people are able to watch it.’
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
“No brainer,” Pete Hegseth said of the decision to execute Nidal Hasan by firing squad, announcing that the public will be able to watch