NBC came out with a bombshell exclusive report on the Trump administration’s controversial “double tap” boat strike, prompting experts to express shock.
In a Saturday night article called “Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets,” the outlet reported, “Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea because they were on an internal list of narco-terrorists who U.S. intelligence and military officials determined could be lethally targeted, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers in briefingsthis past week, according to two U.S. officials and one person familiar with the congressional briefings,” according to the report.
However, the report also pointed out that, “Even so, Bradley acknowledged to lawmakers that U.S. intelligence did not conclude the drugs were heading to the U.S. Rather it showed that the boat was traveling south toward another country in South America, Suriname, which was first reported by CNN. Bradley told the lawmakers the boat was eventually heading to Europe or Africa.” This quote was highlighted by independent veteran Paul Rieckhoff.
Legal analyst Ryan Goodman quoted this piece, “Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said,” and then added, “They were civilians.”
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