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Monday, August 03, 2026

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said in a letter to the White House that the military has "exceeded" the parameters of President Donald Trump's orders in striking alleged drug-smuggling vessels as a part of its counternarcotics operation. Kaine, who wrote to Trump that he had reviewed a so-called "execute order" signed by the president, which includes targeting criteria for the boat strikes, said the strikes on vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean, which began last September, have likely "killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking."

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... Briefings and notifications provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which Kaine is a senior Democrat, include information on the targets, he said. Kaine said the military had struck and killed people who did not fit the order's criteria.

"You selected numerous organizations for targeting," Kaine wrote, addressing Trump. "That target list is classified so I cannot reveal it."

"Importantly, the classification of the list means that those you have asked the Department of Defense to target are entirely unaware that they are marked for execution," he said. ...

Kaine claims that his review of the classified materials provided to Congress, which included a legal memorandum from the Department of Justice, "makes clear that the United States is engaged in violent and fatal attacks against people far beyond those whom the [legal] opinion claimed could be lawfully targeted." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-03 04:14 PM | Reply

Sen Kaine says US boat strikes likely killed innocent people

No "likely" about it.

They were all innocent people.

No court found them guilty.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-03 04:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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