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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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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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