A version of this article appears in print on , section a, page 10 of the new york edition with the headline Military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers. Congress pushes the pentagon to produce its boat strike orders and videos.
Federal law requires the defense department to send execute orders to the house and senate armed services committees within 15 days of the defense secretary issuing the orders, but officials have failed to do so in the case of the boat strikes. Members of congress now know that the u.s Lawmakers ramp up pressure to see unedited footage of boat strikes they've studied it enough, senate minority leader chuck schumer said after meeting with top military brass.
They were briefed by the admiral who ordered the attack that killed survivors of a first strike. “the annual defense policy bill on track to clear congress in the coming days would compel the pentagon to provide lawmakers with the specific orders behind the strikes that the united states military is taking
