Calley-fication of Trump's Department of War under Pete Hegseth ("Passing the Buck")

 

Email teaser and article headlines: Washington Post, 12/1/2025

Noah Robertson and Tara Copp report that performative actions to please Dear Leader have consequences:

Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America, as lawmakers made initial moves to investigate whether the attack constituted a war crime. 

The Washington Post reported Friday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill the entire crew of a vessel thought to be ferrying narcotics in the Caribbean Sea, the first of nearly 20 such strikes directed by the administration since early September. 

When two survivors were detected, the military commander overseeing the operation, Adm. Frank M. Bradley, directed another strike to comply with Hegseth’s order that no one be left alive, people with direct knowledge of the matter told The Post. The Trump administration has said 11 people were killed as a result of the operation.

Meet Adm. Frank M. Bradley

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June 2025

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March-May 2025

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