Top Dem Says Admiral in Charge of ‘Double Tap’ Strike Cleared Hegseth of WaPo’s ‘Kill Them All’ Accusation

Zachary Leeman Dec 4th, 2025, 12:10 pm

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on Thursday that Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley denied report that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a “kill them all” order against an alleged drug smuggling boat.

“The Admiral confirmed that there had not been a kill them all order and that there was not an order to grant no quarter,” Himes told reporters on Thursday after a briefing with Bradley.

According to a report , citing two people with direct knowledge of the situation, Hegseth gave a “kill them all” order against a suspected drug-smuggling boat off the Trinidad coast on September 2.

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