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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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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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'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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DHS secretary defends livestream of Fort Hood shooter's executionDepartment 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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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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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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Speaker: Hasan Execution Video Could Aid Terror RecruitmentVideo of the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former Army major sentenced to death for killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, could become a recruiting tool for future terrorists, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Monday.

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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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Even Mike Johnson Thinks Livestreaming an Execution Is Going Too FarEven Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson disapproves of the Trump administration’s planned live execution of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan. Johnson made his position known during a CBS News interview over the weekend. “The concern would be that it would create a video that would be a recruiting tool for future terrorists,” Johnson said. “I wouldn’t be…

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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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House Speaker Mike Johnson voices opposition to livestreamed execution planned by HegsethHouse Speaker Mike Johnson was asked by CBS News chief Washington analyst Robert Costa about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to live stream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Speaker Johnson, joining with other prominent Republicans, is against that idea.

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Some G.O.P. Lawmakers Pan Hegseth’s Plan to Stream Execution of Fort Hood ShooterSome G.O.P. members of Congress said that broadcasting the execution of the Fort Hood shooter was inappropriate, though others gleefully applauded it.

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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon SaysIf 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.

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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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Mike Johnson says execution video could be ‘recruiting tool’ for terrorists – KnowGov