Hegseth’s decision to make an execution in Texas public caught the Pentagon off guard, CNN reports, citing sources. The head of the department announced his plan in an interview with Real America's Voice, and many officials from the department and the U.S. Army heard about the idea for the first time then.

The U.S. Army has rules determining who—including the convicted person’s relatives and victims, members of the press, and a chaplain—may observe the execution of a sentence. According to CNN, Hegseth, Acting Secretary of the Army Telle, and an assistant for public affairs decided that a “public” execution implied broadcasting it.

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