Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous.
— Alex Horton (@AlexHortonTX) November 28, 2025
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) November 28, 2025
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
reporting by @AlexHortonTX @nakashimae pic.twitter.com/HwXOcQDaKe
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) November 28, 2025
As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically…
As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.
As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be “lethal, kinetic strikes.” The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.
The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them.
Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.
Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.
tl;dr from the secretary of war crimes π
— George Conway ⚖️πΊπΈ (@gtconway3d) November 29, 2025
YOU'RE LYING!! NOT ONLY THAT, WE DON'T DENY DOING WHAT YOU SAY WE DID, WE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO IT, AND DID IT VERY WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH https://t.co/PQL1EgjQef
SCOOP: In Trump admin's first strike on an alleged drug boat in Sept, Hegseth ordered everyone be killed, prompting a 2nd hit to finish off survivors in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Gov lawyers warned such acts may violate murder laws.@AlexHortonTX & me.https://t.co/7aT72IlXzN
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) November 28, 2025
I have ideological and policy differences with this administration and its defenders, but that's to be expected. What's not to be expected, or accepted, is an Administration that is actively hostile to the very idea of law. This is extremely dangerous for all of us.
— Gregg Nunziata (@greggnunziata) November 29, 2025
The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean on September 2, killing survivors of the initial strike, sources said.
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 28, 2025
People briefed on the “double-tap” strike said they were concerned that it could violate the law of armed conflict,…
The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean on September 2, killing survivors of the initial strike, sources said.Tom Nichols:
People briefed on the “double-tap” strike said they were concerned that it could violate the law of armed conflict, which prohibits the execution of an enemy combatant who is “hors de combat,” or taken out of the fight due to injury or surrender.
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations by 12/5 attesting to their actions relating to the decision not to turn around March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights.
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 28, 2025
Background: https://t.co/XYabUNVLAC pic.twitter.com/FU2swQXfyg
Or there won’t be any such thing as shit.π©JUST IN: Judge Boasberg gives Trump admin one week to file affidavits from all officials involved in decision to carry out Alien Enemies Act deportation to El Salvador despite Boasberg's order to turn the planes around. 'Contempt prosecution' could follow https://t.co/jBgjmtub6U
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) November 28, 2025
I get the strongest feeling that the Trump v United States majority either were too stupid to understand what their impunity for Trump matched with his (and I wouldn't be surprised if it's theirs too) understanding of the pardon power would mean for utter lawlessness for Trump and his goons or that they approve of it. I'm sure if Roberts or any of the others were ever forced to answer for the consequences of their decision they'd feign either ignorance or claim that the consequences were irrelevant to their decision, putting responsibility on the long dead framers, I'm sure even li'l miss trad Catholic, ACB would hide behind some legal bull shit to deny moral responsibility for what she concurred in. Such is why I have lost all respect for the legal profession and the law.
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