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DHS secretary defends livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution of an ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood.

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CBS News· Oct 11, 5:41 PMDHS secretary defends livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution

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Two families from the Spokane area were profoundly changed by the Fort Hood mass shooting. Here's what they say about the shooter's execution - Sat, 10 Oct 2026 PSTFormer Inland Northwest families who had loved ones at Fort Hood during the country’s deadliest military base shooting must face that day again as the government prepares to livestream the killer’s execution.

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Trump says he will ‘make a decision’ on Hegseth plan to live-stream executionThe Pentagon has said a firing squad for the Fort Hood shooter is scheduled for Dec. 3. “By showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing what he did,” the president said.

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US to livestream Army execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon official saysThe U.S. will livestream the Army’s upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a Pentagon official told Reuters.

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Murkowski on public execution: 'I'd expect this from terrorists and dictators'Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Friday urged the Pentagon to reverse its decision to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the convicted Fort Hood shooter. “There is no need to livestream any execution, including this one,” Murkowski said on the social platform X. “I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in...

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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal CourtsLegal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad.

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'Wow': Markwayne Mullin shocks with bizarre defense of Trump admin's 'American values'Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin shocked onlookers Sunday when he uncorked a bizarre defense of President Donald Trump's efforts to restore so-called "American values." Mullin joined CBS News' Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation," where he was asked about the upcoming public execution of Nidal Hasan , a former military member who shot and…

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Military's archbishop criticizes plan to livestream executionArchbishop for the U.S. Military Timothy Broglio said Catholic service members assigned to the firing squad that will execute the Fort Hood shooter should ask to be excused.

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Mike Johnson says execution video could be ‘recruiting tool’ for terrorists“We’ve got to think through the policy implications,” the House speaker told CBS News, commenting on plans to live-stream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

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The Fort Hood shooter is the ‘victim’ now as media compares execution to ‘lynchings’The Pentagon has just announced that it will livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, who killed 12 U.S. service members and one civilian in 2009. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the firing squad will carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, where Hasan’s attack took place. “Execution by firing squad,” Hegseth said in a brief…

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Pentagon says there will be a livestream of firing squad’s execution of the Fort Hood shooterThe execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan is scheduled for Dec. 3 in Texas.

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Pentagon expected to livestream Fort Hood shooter's firing squad executionDefense 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.

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Pentagon's plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution sparks intense backlash"Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do," said GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.

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WATCH: Vance says he's 'not going to be watching' livestream of Fort Hood shooter's executionVice President JD Vance cast doubt on Friday whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, "I'm not going to be watching it."

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Trump says he’ll decide whether to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooterThe livestream plan floated by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced pushback from Republicans and others.

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Trump says he ‘wasn’t involved’ in plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood murdererPresident Trump stepped back from earlier comments that he approved the plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood killer, saying he wasn't involved in it.

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Trump officials now leaning against execution livestream, sources sayLast week, the Pentagon had said the execution of the ex-Army major convicted of killing 13 in 2009 would be livestreamed.

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Americans draw the line at livestreaming ‘spectacle’ of Fort Hood shooter's execution: ‘It’s an abomination’Americans blast Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution as "absolutely absurd" and dangerous.

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