Trump Weighs Live-Streaming Dec. 3 Hasan Execution as Pentagon Plans First Military Broadcast Since 1961
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 10
Trump Weighs Live-Streaming Dec. 3 Hasan Execution as Pentagon Plans First Military Broadcast Since 1961
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 10
Summary
Trump said Saturday he has not made a final call on whether Nidal Malik Hasan’s Dec. 3 execution will be shown live, saying public broadcast could deter future attacks but that he is weighing arguments on both sides.
The uncertainty follows the Pentagon’s announcement Thursday that Hasan’s firing-squad execution would be live-streamed — a first for the U.S. military — after Trump earlier this week approved the death sentence.
Trump had appeared Friday to suggest he had already signed off on a public broadcast, while Vice President JD Vance said he would not watch and indicated the stream might still be canceled.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded dozens at Fort Hood in 2009; his execution would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961.
Faith leaders and human-rights advocates have condemned the live-streaming plan, with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops calling it a barbaric promotion of a culture of death.