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Proof: Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T22:32:31Z","headline":"Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"bbc","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmy0r96xygx6o","v":1}

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de6d253ec3369dc45719140e5cb2ae9d9474a0598c38c83da1dd9d30439bec11

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970545, mined 2026-10-08 23:41 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 22:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 22:04 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-de6d253ec336.json prints de6d253ec3369dc45719140e5cb2ae9d9474a0598c38c83da1dd9d30439bec11. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-de6d253ec336.json and headline-de6d253ec336.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-de6d253ec336.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.