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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas, will be livestreamed for the public to watch. This marks the first military execution since World War II and is set to occur on December 3rd. Hasan, a former US Army major who killed 13 soldiers in 2009, admitted his guilt during his court-martial but claimed he acted out of religious conviction.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
President Donald Trump approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. The decision came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the execution, which will be carried out by the U.S. military for the first time since 1961. Hasan was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 2013 but chose his own defense during trial without contesting the charges. The Army is responsible for setting the date and location of the execution, which must occur within 150 days from Trump's approval but not sooner than 60 days. During the attack, Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar," and he was found to have communicated with radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki prior to the incident. This marks a significant move in U.S. military justice as mass shootings at military facilities are rare events.
Written for “Fort Hood Shooter Execution Approval” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 40 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
The model judged this article politically coded and scored it +0.35, but 1 quote(s) could not be found in the article and the other 1 are attributed speech rather than the article's own narration, so the score is not published.
Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph
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Leaning score withheld for article 66958: no verified evidence · logged 2026-10-08
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The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.
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An official from the Defense Department told the BBC the execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed.
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The Pentagon had announced earlier this week that it would execute Hasan in the first military execution in more than 60 years.
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"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public," Hegseth said on Thursday.
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"Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."
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Hegseth said in an interview with conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice that Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers.
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The BBC has contacted the White House for comment on whether President Donald Trump supports a livestreamed public execution.
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The execution is scheduled to take place at Fort Hood in Texas on 3 December, the secretary of the US Army said on Tuesday.
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The defence secretary had made the recommendation and President Donald Trump approved it, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist from Virginia, admitted in court that he was the gunman and apologised for "any mistakes".
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He said during his court-martial in 2013 that he believed he was protecting Muslims and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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he → say → Afghanistan
The shooting took place in a crowded medical building where deploying soldiers were awaiting check-ups and vaccines.
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soldiers → take → ups
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