"The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the [Venezuelan] boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. 'The order was to kill everybody,' one of them said."
~ Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack — the opening salvo in the Trump administration’s war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water."
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing."
~ Ryan Goodman, NYU School of Law Professor, quoted by Ed Mazza
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'Textbook War Crime': Critics Slam Hegseth For 'Outright Murder' After Shock Report
Ed Mazza (HuffPost)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •“'The Constitution really is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump,' [former White House lawyer Ty] Cobb said in an interview broadcast on MSNow, adding that the president’s recent actions reflected 'a desire to accumulate and abuse power.'”
'He’s committing war crimes in Venezuela and Colombia,' Cobb said, asserting that military legal officers who raised concerns 'were fired or sidelined.'”
~ Brian Daitzman
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lincolnsquare.media/p/ex-trump…
Ex-Trump Lawyer: 'The Constitution Is Not Adequate to Contain a President as Evil as Trump'
The Intellectualist (Lincoln Square)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Donald Trump announced the closure of Venezuelan air space this morning, suggesting that war with Venezuela could be imminent, with strikes occurring as soon as this weekend."
~ Aaron Parnas
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NEWS: GOP Senator Opens Formal Investigation Into Hegseth's Possible War Crimes as Trump Warns Venezuela War is Imminent
Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Even if you were to buy into the regime’s claims that they are conducting these killings to root out drug traffickers who cause harm to Americans, Trump utterly belied that argument yesterday by providing a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who has been serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking."
~ Steven Beschloss
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Must Pete Hegseth Be Investigated Now?
Steven Beschloss (America, America)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Trump claims these murderboat operations combat drug trafficking. That was always suspect. Not only are many of the people killed at most low-level shippers, but killing traffickers was less useful than capturing them.
And Trump’s promise to pardon former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was a major drug trafficker, suggests Trump is not so much opposed to drug trafficking, he just wants a cut."
~ Marcy Wheeler
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Murder - emptywheel
emptywheelWilliam Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Today, a group of former military lawyers concluded that Pete Hegseth has committed war crimes or murder, and that anyone who assisted in his illegal strikes in the southern Caribbean may also be implicated. At the same time, a Congressional inquiry led by a Republican has opened into Hegseth just as Trump pushes America closer to armed conflict in Venezuela."
~ Aaron Parnas
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NEWS: Group of Military Lawyers Conclude Hegseth Committed War Crimes, Murder, or Both
Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •The statement to which Parnas is referring above (/8) is "Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon 'No Quarter' Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes." This document is linked below. It says,
"The bottom line is that, since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are
'patently illegal,' anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both."
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