Hegseth says execution of Nidal Hasan will be public

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he intends for the public to be able to watch the execution of the former Army officer who is on death row for killing 13 people.

Hegseth said the public will be able to watch the execution of the former Army officer who is on death row for killing 13 people. Nidal Hasan is shown at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, April 9, 2010. The Defense Department said former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be executed by firing squad, the first such military execution since World War II. (Bell County Sheriff’s Department) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday he intends for the public to be able to watch the execution of the former Army officer who is on death row for killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others at Fort Hood, Texas.

“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it — that it’s public — because people need to understand that there are serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth said in an interview with Real America’s Voice. A social media account associated with the Pentagon shared a clip of the interview. “It will be livestreamed. Details will follow,” according to a Defense Department official. Nidal Hasan, an Army major and psychiatrist, opened fire in the early afternoon at Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Processing Center on Nov. 5, 2009. Witnesses said he shouted “Allahu akbar,” which is Arabic for