Brett McGurk: ‘It Will Be Used in Propaganda for These Extremist Groups Over the Years, Decades’ if Hasan’s Execution Is Livestreamed

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MCGURK: "I think this is a classic gut instinct issue. So justice must be done for nidal Hasan. Okay. And I think back to the Timothy McVeigh. He was executed. And the families of that Oklahoma city bombing had the opportunity, if they wanted to, in a closed circuit, to see the execution. It’s up to the families to cross the line from justice. Due process to public spectacle is something the United States, as you said, not 90 years. And to do that now, I just find it deeply troubling. Iran hangs people by crane for public spectacle. They don’t put it on the on the internet. And I, I go back to that ISIS campaign, Jen, which you and I were, you know, just those horrible days in which ISIS put on the internet a burning people alive in cages. I hate to even think about it. Drowning people alive in cages, all on the internet to attract eyeballs from people all around the world.”