Top Admiral Admits Narco-Boat Strike Survivors Killed Couldn't Call for Help: CNN

"A senior admiral overseeing the Trump administration's narco-trafficking boat strike campaign conceded Thursday that two suspected smugglers killed in a second missile hit on September 2 had no way to radio for help, according to CNN, a theory floated as a justification for the further strike. Adm. Frank Mitch Bradley, head of Joint Special Operations Command at the time, told lawmakers in closed-door briefings that the pair clinging to wreckage did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, multiple sources told the network."

"Bradley said he authorized a second strike after watching surveillance footage for 41 minutes, concluding that the partially floating hull likely contained cocaine and could be recovered. One source told CNN that logic was f*cking insane. Multiple members on Capitol Hill were split on what they'd heard and seen in the briefing. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) insisted he saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs back over so they could stay in the fight."

A senior admiral conceded that two suspected smugglers killed in a second missile strike on September 2 had no way to radio for help. Adm. Frank Mitch Bradley told lawmakers the pair clinging to wreckage did not appear to have radios or other communications devices. That acknowledgement undercuts earlier claims that the men were signaling for backup and was offered as a justification for the follow-up strike. Bradley said he authorized the second strike after 41 minutes of surveillance footage, concluding the hull likely contained recoverable cocaine. Congressional reactions were split and questions remain about the campaign's legal basis and casualties.

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