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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Mike Johnson warns livestream execution could be ‘a recruiting tool for future terrorists’

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has added his voice to building concerns about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement last week that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed.

Hasan, 56, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others during a rampage at the sprawling military base in Killeen, Texas, in 2009 and will be put to death by firing squad on December 3.

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