Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he fully supports President Donald Trump’s decision to drop plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan. Hegseth insists Hasan will still get the death he “deserves” in December, and that the families of victims will be there to see it.
\n\nHegseth spoke on Tuesday while traveling in Ohio and Wisconsin on his Arsenal of Freedom tour. It was his first public comment since Trump rejected the livestream idea. A reporter asked whether he was disappointed. Hegseth said he and Trump had talked it over at length and positively. He called Hasan “a terrorist, a traitor” who deserves death by firing squad, and said that is what he will get. The families will watch it, he said, and the execution carries a deterrent effect whether or not it is streamed. “So, I fully support the president’s approach,” he said.
\n\nEarlier this month, Trump approved his execution by firing squad. The Army has set the date for Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. at Fort Hood. It is a rare method. If carried out, Hasan would be the first U.S. military prisoner put to death since 1961 and the first executed by firing squad…
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