Overview
- On Thursday, October 15, President Trump announced that the Pentagon will not livestream the planned execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.
- The execution remains scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood and will be carried out by a military firing squad after the Army and the president approved the method.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had publicly pushed to make the execution visible and the Pentagon briefly confirmed livestream plans before the reversal.
- Lawmakers from both parties, religious leaders, the U.N. rights office, human-rights groups and public polls warned that broadcasting could be inhumane or fuel propaganda and radicalization.
- The decision leaves open legal or procedural challenges that could change timing, and it would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first military firing‑squad use since 1945 if carried out.