US military to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution, drawing calls to block it

The US military will livestream the December 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.

• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week that Hasan's execution will be livestreamed on December 3.
• Trump said he may reconsider the decision, citing arguments both for and against showing the execution.
• Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he sees no elevated risk from broadcasting the execution.
• Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young urged the Australian government to block the execution's broadcast.
• Mullin rejected concerns that the broadcast could fuel radicalisation or make Hasan a martyr.
• The plan drew criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, including Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Warner.
• The execution would be the first public execution in the US in nearly a century.
• Australia's eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant faces Green pressure to block Australians viewing the execution and could issue takedown orders.
• Axios reported Monday that Trump privately told a close associate the execution's livestream may not happen.
• A senior administration official said Trump received negative feedback from bipartisan lawmakers and advisers.