Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Trump administration’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.

During a Sunday interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Mullin dismissed concerns that broadcasting Hasan’s death by firing squad could encourage extremists or turn him into a martyr, arguing that viewers would not be required to watch.

Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Kevin Cramer have raised concerns that livestreaming the execution could increase Hasan’s notoriety or contribute to radicalization, with Murkowski urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to reverse the decision.

Mullin said he did not believe the livestream would create an increased security threat and argued that attacks against the United States should be met with appropriate punishment, The Hill has reported.

Hasan was convicted in 2013 of 45 counts of premeditated and attempted murder and sentenced to death, with his execution scheduled for December 3 and expected to be the first U.S. military execution in more than 60 years.