Mullin says livestreaming Hasan execution is part of ‘restoring American values’
Mullin said the broadcast would deter attacks and said viewers can simply opt out.
- On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the administration's plan to livestream Nidal Hasan's December 3 execution by firing squad, dismissing security risks and stating, "No one has to watch it."
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week that Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood attack that killed 13 people, will face a firing squad—the first U.S. military execution in 65 years.
- Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski labeled the plan "gruesome," warning it could provide Hasan with the "martyrdom he seeks," while Australian Senator Barnaby Joyce decried the broadcast as "Roman amphitheatre stuff."
- President Donald Trump stated he would "make a decision, ultimately" regarding the broadcast, while Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on whether the livestream will proceed, citing potential risks.
- Experts remain skeptical whether authorities can effectively block the broadcast online, as the unprecedented proposal has ignited global debate over normalizing state-sanctioned violence and digital censorship boundaries.
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The European Union has warned digital platforms not to live stream the planned execution in the United States of a man convicted of killing American soldiers. Last week, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the execution by firing squad of 56-year-old Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 attack on a military base in the southern state of Texas that killed 13 people and wounded dozens more, would be public. A US Department of Stat…
On Monday, the European Union warned digital platforms that they must comply with the rules on violent content, in the context of the announcement regarding the live broadcast of Nidal Hasan's execution in the United States. Condemned for the 2009 attack on the 13-dead Fort Hood military base, Hasan would be executed on 3 December 2026.
(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yun-kyung = Amid controversy over the announced public execution of a U.S. military gunman, the European Union (EU) [viewed] this scene...
If platforms ignore European rules and broadcast the execution, the EU will use its powers to prevent it. The post EU warns online platforms not to broadcast public execution in the US appeared first on in.gr.
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