Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has declared that the U.S. military will carry out a PUBLIC execution of convicted Fort Hood Islamist terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad at Fort Hood, with American soldiers pulling the triggers at the very base where Hasan murdered 13 service members and wounded 32 others in 2009.
According to The Gateway Pundit, the Associated Press is now reporting that the execution will be livestreamed, a development that, if confirmed, would mark an extraordinary break from decades of quiet, bureaucratic handling of capital punishment in the military justice system. The Gateway Pundit has contacted the Pentagon for clarification on the scope of public access and is awaiting a response, as questions mount over how far the Trump administration intends to go in making the execution visible to the American public.
The Trump administration has scheduled Hasans execution for December 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. Central Time, deliberately mirroring the approximate time of day he began his deadly rampage nearly 17 years earlier at Fort Hood, Texas. Hegseth disclosed the details during an exclusive interview with conservative commentator Jack Posobiec on Human Events Daily, delivering a blunt warning about the price of Islamist terrorism against American troops.
According to Human Events, Hegseth confirmed that the execution will be carried out by an Army firing squad and that members of the public will be allowed to witness it in some form. Execution by firing squad. Army major betrays his country, radical Islamist, kills a bunch of Americans at Fort Hood. Of course were gonna do it at Fort Hood. Were gonna do it on a Thursday. Were gonna do it at 1 oclock, which is when he did it, Hegseth said. And its gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad.
Hegseth further emphasized that the event will not be hidden from view, signaling a conscious rejection of the secrecy that has often surrounded executions in modern America. Well make sure that people are able to watch it. That its public. Because people need to understand that theres serious consequences for these types of things.
While the military justice system clearly authorizes Hasans execution following his conviction and death sentence, the notion of a public execution does not automatically translate into open gates at Fort Hood for any American who wishes to attend. Under existing Army execution procedures, only authorized witnesses may be present, including designated military officials and other approved observers, with access tightly controlled by regulation.
Journalists, representatives of victims families, and certain other individuals may be permitted to witness the proceedings under applicable military rules, but such access has historically been limited and carefully managed. Hegseth has not yet clarified whether his pledge of a public execution means expanding the pool of in?person witnesses, broadening media access, or relying primarily on livestreaming technology to fulfill that promise.
According to the Associated Press, legal experts have already begun questioning how the militarys execution protocols will apply in this unprecedented situation, particularly if Hasan pursues further federal judicial review that could delay the scheduled date. The prospect of a livestreamed firing squad has also raised new constitutional and procedural questions, even as many Americansespecially those in uniformsee it as long?overdue justice for a confessed jihadist who turned his government-issued weapon on his own comrades.
The announcement represents a stark repudiation of the Obama-era handling of the Fort Hood massacre, which the Pentagon initially labeled workplace violence despite Hasans openly stated Islamist motivations. During his interview, Hegseth denounced that characterization in unmistakable terms, underscoring the ideological nature of the attack and the political reluctance at the time to acknowledge it.
Remember what Obama called it? Workplace violence. Hegseth insisted that the massacre was an Islamist terrorist attack carried out by an American military officer who had betrayed his oath and his fellow soldiers, and he made clear that the Trump administration intends to treat it as such.
He also reiterated that the firing squad will consist of U.S. soldiers armed with rifles, a symbolic reversal of Hasans betrayal by placing disciplined American troops in command of the final act. The exchange with Posobiec grew even sharper when the host asked whether Hasan had made any final requests or attempted to contact President Trump in a last?minute appeal for mercy.
Hegseths response was terse and unyielding: Dont care. He then added, Well see him on December 3rd, signaling that, from the administrations perspective, the time for debate and delay has passed.
On November 5, 2009, Hasan, then a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, opened fire inside a soldier processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, targeting unarmed American service members preparing for deployment. Witnesses testified that Hasan shouted Allahu Akbar as he unleashed his attack, murdering 13 people and wounding another 32 before he was finally stopped by responding authorities.
During his 2013 court-martial, Hasan openly accepted responsibility for the shooting and described himself as a soldier who had switched sides, claiming he was acting to defend the Taliban and other Islamist fighters from U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. A military jury convicted him in August 2013 and sentenced him to death, but he remained on military death row for more than 13 years as his case wound through the appellate process.
That stalemate ended under President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly signaled a tougher stance on terrorism and a willingness to use the full force of military justice. According to an official U.S. Army announcement issued October 7, Trump formally approved Hasans death sentence on October 2, after the completion of his military appellate proceedings, clearing the final executive hurdle.
Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle then signed the execution directive on October 6, officially setting the date, location, and method of execution as a firing squad at Fort Hood. If the sentence is carried out as scheduled, Hasans death will be the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first military firing squad execution since World War II.
The last American soldier executed by military firing squad was Private Eddie Slovik, who was put to death for desertion in January 1945, a reminder of how rarely the armed forces resort to this ultimate sanction. The Gateway Pundit has tracked Hasans case for years, chronicling both the horror of the 2009 massacre and the protracted struggle to enforce the jurys death sentence amid political hesitation and legal maneuvering.
In September 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported that the Pentagon was preparing to seek President Trumps authorization to execute Hasan, potentially ending more than six decades without a military execution. On October 5, 2026, Cristina Laila reported that Trump had approved Hegseths recommendation to use a firing squad, and The Gateway Pundit subsequently confirmed that the Army had formally scheduled the execution for December 3 at Fort Hood.
Now, with Hegseth revealing that the execution will be public and the AP indicating it will be livestreamed, the case has entered a new and historic phase that blends military justice with modern transparency. As the Pentagon weighs how to implement that promise and courts consider any last?ditch appeals, the families of the fallen, the wounded survivors, and countless service members are watching to see whether the United States will finally deliver the decisive, visible justice that was denied for so many years under a politically correct workplace violence narrative.
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