USN Admiral: Pete Hegseth Ordered Victims on Boat Killed

Tuesday, December 09, 2025

USN Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley testified to Congress that US Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth ordered the US military on 2 Sep to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has distanced himself from the fallout of the U.S. military strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, which killed 11, as Adm. Frank M. Bradley has come under scrutiny. Here's what to know about him:

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-- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) Dec 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM

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... 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 briefings this past week, according to two U.S. officials and one person familiar with the congressional briefings.

Such a list includes individuals who are eligible for being targeted, including with lethal action, if given the opportunity. The commander who oversaw the Sept. 2 strikes, Adm. Frank "Mitch" Bradley, told lawmakers that U.S. intelligence officials had confirmed the identities of the 11 people on the boat and validated them as legitimate targets, then the military launched airstrikes as part of President Donald Trump's military campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels, the U.S. officials and person familiar with the congressional briefings said. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-08 01:41 PM | Reply

USN Admiral Bradley testified to Congress behind closed doors the eleven victims were on an internal list of narco-terrorists who US intelligence and military officials determined could be lethally targeted. This detail was not previously made public. These XJKs are an intelligence "no-no," as interrogators can not debrief corpses. Moreover, these XJKs pervert the course of justice if these suspects were indeed suspected criminals and denied their day in court to fight the allegations.

The second strike on the boat was indisputably a clear violation of the laws of war and therefore a war crime, similar to Russian and Israeli military atrocities committed against Ukrainians and Palestinians.

Earlier this year Congress had an opportunity to impeach Dummkopf Trumpf for illegally attacking Iran, like these unlawful strikes, but House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) torpedoed the initiative.

Ironically, in 2016 second rate Faux News TV tumor Pete Hegseth repeatedly brayed about Dummkopf Trump issuing unlawful military orders. And last year Florida Attorney-General Pam Bondi sternly warned that US servicemembers should not follow unlawful orders, such as committing war crimes:

"Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders. The military would not carry out a patently unlawful order from the president to kill nonmilitary targets. Indeed, service members are required not to do so."

Source: Hypocrisy Rules Wash DC

As Doc Sarvis sagely pointed out earlier today, Venezuela has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and Qatar combined.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-08 01:44 PM | Reply

All allegations against USSECDEF Pete Hegseth and USN ADM Frank "Mitch" Bradley are mere insinuations or suspicions. To ensure a fair trial, all defendants or suspects are to be presumed innocent until they are proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt at an international tribunal at the ICC, court-martial, or by congressional impeachment.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-08 02:07 PM | Reply

Lock Em' Up. ...

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-08 04:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@4 You said it.

After the unmitigated disaster that Trumpf wreaked upon the American people (and the world), we will need a combination Nuremburg Trial and Truth and Reconciliation Commission like Suid-Afrika undertook last century to right the American ship.

And an exorcist to evacuate any remnants of their malevolent auras from federal buildings and institutions.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-08 05:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Whats the issue here? Obama drones a US citizen, and you Lumpers shrug....

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-08 06:53 PM | Reply

Yes... unidentified fisherman are just like known terrorists.

www.youtube.com

9 secs

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-08 07:29 PM | Reply

Obama drones a US citizen, and you Lumpers shrug....

#6 | Posted by oneironaut

The only thing we shrug at is onelumpofs*&^'s poor attempt at a whataboutism.

Meanwhile, that stupid sack of s*&^ says "what's the issue" in a discussion of a war crime.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-09 11:00 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Kegsbreath is a sociopath just like the rest of the administration. They are the worst scum this nation has to offer and have absolutely no business being in control of the military.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-09 11:04 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Obama drones a US citizen, and you Lumpers shrug....

#6 | Posted by oneironaut

If you were an American living in America at that time Commie Spyboy you would know it was pretty controversial at the time.
And was resolved and adjudicated in Obama's favor.

But, of course, as usual it has nothing to do with the price of tea in Taiwan.

Obama relied on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the President's Article II self-defense powers.

What legal authority is Trumpy acting under again?

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-09 11:43 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 2

What legal authority is Trumpy acting under again?
#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-09 11:43 AM | Reply

They'll fall back on the AUMF. Tren de Aragua were declared narco terrorists.

Progressives and Liberterians held hands and pointed out to everybody that the AUMF allowed presidents to declare groups terrorists and start blowing them up with little to no oversight before it was passed. It didn't take long to get there.

#11 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-12-09 11:56 AM | Reply

#10

It was absolutely NOT adjudicated in Obama's favor. Obama was never charged, never tried. Not that the current SCrOTUS would do anything about it since they ignored the constitution and decided presidents are immune.

No, war crimes aren't OK just because Obama did it. We have a LONG history of criminal presidents, and while the worst are obviously Rethuglicans, there's quite a few Democrats who are also criminal.

There's zero accountability for criminal acts by presidents, and that really needs to change. The office gets far too much respect and deference.

#12 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-12-09 11:58 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"Progressives and Liberterians held hands and pointed out to everybody that the AUMF allowed presidents to declare groups terrorists and start blowing them up"

Start blowing them up in accordance with the laws of war, rather than under the framework of a police action.

It's that "laws of war" part that is the issue here.

The U.S. "War" Against Venezuela: The Racial Imagination of Self-Defense and the Brown Latino Subject
Framing TdA as "narco-terrorists" is an attempt to justify violence as self-defense under international law.
www.law.georgetown.edu

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-09 12:03 PM | Reply

Obama drones a US citizen, and you Lumpers shrug....
#6 | Posted by oneironaut

Would it be better to cheer?
Trump lawyers argued the President can drone anyone he wants.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-09 12:10 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

RUNT celebrated when pedo 47 killed an 8 year old American girl before he had a chance to rape her.

www.nbcnews.com

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-09 12:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Start blowing them up in accordance with the laws of war

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-09 12:03 PM | Reply

Lol. Those only apply to peons.

#16 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-12-09 05:18 PM | Reply

And did this admiral tell him "No, that is against the law" and refuse the orders?

No. That makes him just as guilty.

#17 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-10 07:53 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

That makes him just as guilty.

#17 | POSTED BY NIXON

Everyone up and down the chain who obeyed the illegal order is in the same boat. An actual investigation would reveal each persons order in the chain of command how it was written or issued who issued it and how each individual responded.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-10 08:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Imagine if we got this fired up for getting civvies killed somewhere in the range of 150,000 to 1,000,000 through Iraq regime change instead of 11 narcos on boat.

#19 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-12-10 09:15 AM | Reply

Imagine.

Bush two would be in prison. The soldiers involved charged as war criminals.

You think that would be a bad thing?

Or is this an attempt to say 11 deaths that are clearly Murder are of no Consequence?

If the Iraq War Crimes were prosecuted properly these stupid and vile attacks wouldn't be happening. The Perpetrators would be too scared of the Law.

Or they would be charged with MURDER which is what this was.

Are you being Funny?

Or trying to Excuse Murder as Trivial?

#20 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-10 10:57 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Are 11 deaths less important?

Should this be ignored because the Iraqi deaths were?

Holding people Accountable is not a Numbers game.

Murder is Murder.

#21 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-10 11:00 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

My Pro-Russian Comrade, you know what they say about tragedy and statistics.

#22 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-12-10 11:06 AM | Reply

You didn't answer.

Try again.

Are 11 deaths important enough to care or not?

One murder can get a person the Death penalty in numerous states. Is that Ridiculous?

You talk about Stalin and Statistics like that's relevant.

It's Smoke and BS.

What say you?

Are these Murders worthy of prosecution or is Trump your Fuhrer?

Its not a difficult question to answer.

#23 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-10 11:13 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Court martial everyone in the chain of command down to the person pulling the trigger for this blatantly illegal orders.

#24 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-12-10 11:44 AM | Reply

Trump can kill anyone he wants and just call it an "Official" Act.

I guess Nobody is safe now.

Trump has a killer "Get out of jail free card".

Signed by the SCOTUS.

How Far we have Fallen.

#25 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-10 11:50 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I also ordered them killed

#26 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-12-10 02:20 PM | Reply

#26
The escargot?

#27 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-10 02:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Prolly means his fleas.

#28 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-10 02:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#17 & #18

Yep. EVERYONE who issued or followed illegal orders is guilty. The charges need to happen all the way up and down the chain of command. There are no excuses for issuing or failing to refuse illegal orders, particularly when the illegal order is literally in the manual as the prime example of an illegal order.

18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations. The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.

media.defense.gov

#29 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-12-10 08:44 PM | Reply

Good thing absolutely nothing will happen

Our king wants a war
He will get a war

Thanks magat scum

#30 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-12-10 10:58 PM | Reply

Obama drones a US citizen, and you Lumpers shrug....
#6 | Posted by oneironaut

B. Hussein murdered innocents in the name of the War on Terror. So because he committed blatant war crimes, which he clearly did, you're totally cool with Trump committing murder and/or war crimes? What else did B. Hussein do that you'd be totally cool with Trump doing, you silly cultist?! HAHAHA!

#31 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-12-10 11:20 PM | Reply

Imagine if we got this fired up for getting civvies killed somewhere in the range of 150,000 to 1,000,000 through Iraq regime change instead of 11 narcos on boat.
#19 | Posted by sitzkrieg

Some of us did.

#32 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-12-10 11:24 PM | Reply

@#10 ... But, of course, as usual it has nothing to do with the price of tea in Taiwan. ...

That's the norm for that current trolling alias. More deflection than contribution.

... Obama relied on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the President's Article II self-defense powers.

What legal authority is Trumpy acting under again? ...

Good question. I suspect that question will become more important in the days going forward ...

#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-10 11:37 PM | Reply

Without any living survivors, there is no way of telling who the victims actually were. This makes it possible for the lying Trump admin to make up a bunch of names and then claim that that those people were on the boat. This may have been the rational for the "kill everybody" order!

#34 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-12-11 06:36 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Some of us did.

#32 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-12-10 11:24 PM | Reply

Was voting Stein worth it?

#35 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-12-11 08:02 AM | Reply

More people didn't vote at all. Like 100,000,000.

They boycotted the elections.

Does this make Trump's win illegitimate?

They said that about Maduro in Venezuela.

Is it true here? I mean they are making a big stink about how "Illegitimate" Maduro is and all.

Askin' for a Friend.

#36 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-11 09:49 AM | Reply