Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan being publicly live streamed, calling it a “barbaric idea.”
\n\nIn a post on X, Clinton shared a photo of a New York Times article, titled, “Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says.”
\n\n“A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country,” Clinton wrote. “Push back on this.”
\n\nClinton’s post came after officials in the Pentagon announced that Hasan — a former United States Army major who killed 13 people and wounded 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009, would face a “military execution” on December 3, that would “be broadcast via livestream,” the New York Times reported:
\n\nThe Pentagon said in a statement that the military execution, scheduled for Dec. 3, would also be broadcast via livestream. Such a broadcast has little precedent, and releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State.
\n\nPentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced on October 5 that President Donald Trump approved Hasan to be killed “by U.S. Army firing squad.”
\n\n“Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved —…
Original source: https://breitbart.com/
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