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Proof: Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T21:51:53Z","headline":"Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fort-hood-execution-nidal-hasan-livestream-hegseth-b3063821.html","v":1}

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e4d356a5152301a27a131de8016ced26d9500bdb38343bd992dcd7eecffea3aa

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970540, mined 2026-10-08 22:05 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 21:55 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 22:10 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e4d356a51523.json prints e4d356a5152301a27a131de8016ced26d9500bdb38343bd992dcd7eecffea3aa. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e4d356a51523.json and headline-e4d356a51523.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-e4d356a51523.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, 1 min after it was first seen.