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Senate investigates Hegseth kill order

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The Senate Armed Services Committee opened an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over alleged orders to kill survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean.

by Elizabeth Saunders

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Also trying to think through whether Hegseth news makes attack more or less likely (to be clear, none of it changes the illegality of the boat strikes and the double-tap being a war crime if he ordered it). Does it make Trump more likely to back off, or to attack so it gets lost in "we're at war"?
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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This Keeps Getting Worse As Pete Hegseth Reportedly Committed Murder Or A War Crime
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This Keeps Getting Worse As Pete Hegseth Reportedly Committed Murder Or A War Crime
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November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM

by Daniel W. Drezner

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by Ryan Goodman Reposted by Mary L. Dudziak, Elizabeth Saunders

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Note two things about GOP Rep. Mike Turner's solid remarks on Hegseth's reported order:

1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."

2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h
Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM

by W. Andy Knight

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As an International Relations specialist, I have concluded that Hegseth & Trump are clearly committing extrajudicial murder. I won’t call it a “war crime” since no war against Venezuela or these small boats in the Caribbean Sea has been officially declared by Congress. It is, point blank, MURDER.
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Svenska Dagbladet
Defense hawks want to investigate Hegseth's order to kill

An unusual fissure has opened in the Republican power circle in Washington. The Senate Armed Services Committee has decided to investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's ordered deadly attacks.

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by C. Christine Fair

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by C. Christine Fair

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by C. Christine Fair

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by Nicola Giocoli

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Reposted by Leigh Sparks

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As much as I’m heartened even the GOP knows Hegseth has gone much too far, we don’t actually need an investigation to know that these were extrajudicial murders. “No quarter” or not, it was a war crime the moment the strike was ordered. He should be stripped of command and prosecuted as such.
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM

by Jacob T. Levy Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Samantha Brennan

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Hegseth’s only qualification for the job of Secretary of Defense was his TV punditry in support of war crimes. Of course he would do that. That’s why Trump hired him.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM

Reposted by Henry Jones

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"Hegseth could easily get charged with murder—86 times over. 11 boat strikes with 86 people dead" @glennkirschner.bsky.social on @briantylercohen.bsky.social

those war crimes left a devastating evidence trail, despite how they've likely already destroyed some
youtu.be/C4e36ej0Ru4?...
Military attorneys drop BAD NEWS for Pete Hegseth
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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November 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM

by Dean Baker

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by Dean Baker

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Reposted by Dominique Bourg

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nytimes.com
A top Republican and Democrats in Congress suggested on Sunday that U.S. military officials might have committed a war crime in President Trump’s offensive against boats in the Caribbean after a Washington Post report said that during one attack, a follow-up strike was ordered to kill survivors.
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Reposted by Ryan Goodman

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Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM

by Kim L. Scheppele

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Reposted by Henry Jones

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#Hagueseth #PeteHegseth #Caribbean
HAGUESETH has now murdered 80 people in the Caribbean.
​The UK recognized the illegality and pulled their intel. Our shared intelligence was meant to help the Coast Guard INTERCEPT suspected drug traffickers NOT kill on sight. Hegseth must be held accountable.
A black and white photograph of Pete Hegseth in a crowd.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM

by Robert Black

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Oh for sure. Question is just whether Hegsy himself goes to the military courts or the civvies
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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