America’s First Livestreamed Execution: Why the Pentagon Will Broadcast Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Death
America’s First Livestreamed Execution: Why the Pentagon Will Broadcast Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Death In a move that has stunned the world, the U.S. Pentagon confirmed that the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan — the former Army major who killed 13 people and wounded dozens in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting — will be livestreamed. The execution is scheduled for December 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where the massacre took place. This will mark the first U.S. military execution in more than 65 years and the first Army firing-squad execution since 1945. No modern American execution has ever been broadcast live. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly supported making it “public,” stating that people need to see the consequences of such crimes. The Pentagon has confirmed the livestream will happen, though exact details (platform, delay, or restrictions) are still forthcoming. Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist at the time, opened fire on unarmed soldiers...