"We need to get some more information from the general counsel of the Department of Defense. He came and briefed us several weeks ago about this specific strike. He didn't share all the information with us. As I recall, he didn't say that there was a second weapon used. We asked a bunch of questions. They seemed to me to be sort of evasive. Their legal analysis about this entire operation has a bunch of holes in it."
"So I want to see the video. I want to see whatever transcript they have about what was said in the room, you know, at the time. I want to see the written order, we haven't seen that yet. The legal analysis for the overall operation should be made public. There's no reason why the American people shouldn't see that."
"Fallout over the mission has led legal experts to warn that the double-tap decision during the mission may have been illegal under international law after The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly issued an order to kill everybody with a second strike, after an initial strike left two survivors clinging to the wreckage. Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley then reportedly carried out the order."
General counsel for the Department of Defense did not disclose a second strike and omitted information during a congressional briefing. Legal experts warn the double-tap decision may have violated international law after allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike to kill survivors and Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley carried out the order following an initial strike that left two survivors clinging to wreckage. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Hegseth provided closed-door briefings to top congressional members on a campaign that has included more than a dozen strikes on boats along smuggling routes used by Venezuelan drug cartels. Lawmakers requested video, transcripts, the written order, and public release of the legal analysis.
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