| America's Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment Earlier this month, Acting Secretary of the Army Adam R. Telle signed an order scheduling the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former Army major who was convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Two days later, self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth made a startling announcement. 'We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public,' Hegseth told the conservative Real America's Voice News network, as the interviewer raised his eyebrows. The Department of War's official 'Rapid Response' Twitter account promptly promoted the clip. |
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