A Pentagon plan to livestream the execution of a former US Army major has ignited a fierce argument in the United States. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that citizens would be able to watch the firing squad execution in real time. The condemned man is Nidal Hasan, the former major who gunned down 13 unarmed Americans in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. A defense department official discussed the arrangement with the BBC as reactions piled up. Vice President JD Vance broke ranks on the spectacle, telling reporters, 'I won't watch it.' Critics argue that streaming a death turns state punishment into entertainment. Backers of the move counter that a case which has sat unresolved on death row for years deserves a visible end.