On November 5, 2009, U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan stood up from where he was seated in the front row of a pre-Afghanistan deployment brief being held at the Readiness Center at Fort Hood, shouted “Allah Akhbar,” and opened fire on his fellow soldiers using an FN Five Seven pistol with laser sighting. Over the course of a ten-minute shooting spree, Hasan killed 13 and wounded 32 before being neutralized by two MPs as he was leaving the building. One of the bullets hit Hasan in the spine, paralyzing him below the waist.
Hasan has been on death row at Fort Leavenworth since he was convicted of all charges in 2013. Now Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he will be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3, 2026.
Hegseth also stated that the execution will be broadcast to the public live, and that has generated wide controversy and caused President Trump to tell the press corps that he's considering whether or not to allow it.
In this episode Mooch also reviews the details of how the U.S. Army conducts firing squads and the history of modern military executions.
Source: Ward Carroll
