India, Oct. 9 -- The Pentagon said on Thursday, October 8, that the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed. It would be the first US military execution in more than 65 years.

"It will be livestreamed. Details will follow," a Defense Department official told Fox News Digital. The platform has not been announced.

The announcement followed remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a day earlier. He told the conservative outlet Real America's Voice News that "we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public." Officials then clarified that this meant a livestream.

The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1 pm. That is the same day of the week and time of ...