"The Washington Post reported that Hegseth authorized lethal force for the strike and explicitly gave the command to kill everybody. Hegseth has since claimed that the order for a second strike on the survivors was given at Bradley's command and that he had left the room at the time it was given, which has increased scrutiny of Bradley's role and led to accusations that Hegseth was trying to shift the blame."
"Critics have quickly called the act a war crime, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have suggested the act violated both U.S. and international law. The strikes have killed over 80 people so far and resulted in the family of a fisherman recently suing the Trump administration and accusing the U.S. of an extrajudicial killing of an innocent man."
Adm. Frank Mitch Bradley, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, is scheduled for a closed-door briefing with lawmakers about a double-tap killing of two survivors from an early September strike on an alleged drug-running boat. A Washington Post report described survivors being killed in the water, triggering criticism and accusations of war crimes and violations of U.S. and international law. The strikes have killed over 80 people and prompted a lawsuit alleging an extrajudicial killing. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth initially denied the report, later confirmed a second strike, and said the order was given at Bradley's command. Bradley is a career Navy officer and Senate-confirmed SOCOM commander.
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