Democrats Call for Full Boat Strike Video to Be Released in Letter to Hegseth

Democrats call for full boat strike video to be released in letter to Hegseth

Congressional Democrats on Friday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth requesting the full, unedited video taken of U.S. strikes on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, with the second strike killing survivors clinging to their vessel. The letter was written “to stress our grave concerns surrounding their circumstances” and…

Admiral’s top military lawyer to be summoned in House boat strike inquiry

Adm. Frank Bradley’s legal adviser has emerged as a key figure as members of Congress assess whether the killing of two men violated the law of armed conflict.

Inside the tense moment an admiral decided to kill two ‘drug boat’ survivors

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he didn’t watch the follow-up strikes — a claim that has prompted some lawmakers to ask for his calendar

Hegseth’s Agency Mercilessly and Lawlessly Kills Boat Strike Survivors

The UnPopulist illustrationThe legality of the administration’s “lethal kinetic strikes” against Venezuelan boats has been in doubt from the get go. But these actions crossed into war crimes territory when the Pentagon ordered a second strike that blew into smithereens two injured and helpless survivors of an initial boat bombing desperately hanging on to the wreckage for dear life. The second strike violated every established domestic and inter…