"The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike, according to two people familiar with the matter. The rationale for the second strike was that it was needed to sink the vessel, according to the people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss it publicly."
"The Trump administration says all 11 people aboard were killed. What remains unclear was who ordered the strikes and whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was involved, one of the people said. That will be part of a classified congressional briefing Thursday with the commander that the Trump administration says ordered the second strike, Adm. Frank Mitch Bradley. Hegseth has defended the second strike as emerging in the fog of war, saying he didn't see any survivors."
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea. The U.S. military nonetheless carried out a follow-up strike intended to sink the vessel. The Trump administration reports all 11 people aboard were killed. Responsibility for ordering the strikes remains unclear, including whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was involved. A classified congressional briefing will include Adm. Frank Mitch Bradley, whom the administration says ordered the second strike. Hegseth defended the follow-up strike as an action taken in the fog of war, saying he did not see survivors and left before the mission concluded. Legal experts and some lawmakers say killing survivors would violate the laws of armed conflict.
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