Legal analysts reacted to a report by CNN that initial survivors of a U.S. strike against an alleged drug boat did not appear to have communications devices. The report comes amid immense backlash toward the Department of Defense (DOD) and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the aftermath of the attack.

Why It Matters

According to CNN, the reported absence of radios or other communications devices among survivors of the U.S. drone strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean is driving renewed legal and political scrutiny of the deadly missile assault.

Some legal analysts and lawmakers argue that the survivors' inability to call for backup undercuts a key argument that targeting them in a follow-up attack was justified as a continued threat.

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