Washington, United States, Oct 12, 2026 (AFP) - US House Speaker says execution livestream could be terrorist 'recruiting tool'

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US House Speaker Mike Johnson said he had reservations about a planned livestreamed execution in an interview broadcast by CBS News on Monday. Nidal Hasan, 56, was sentenced to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he shot and killed 13 people in 2009. The decision to livestream the execution - which would be the first US military execution by firing squad since 1945 - has drawn widespread blowback, with the top con......

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