Tom Bowman

He had meetings, he said.

Now, lawmakers are asking, you know, did the second missile strike result in an illegal killing, a war crime?

Because, Steve, the Pentagon's Law of War manual lays out what is an illegal order that no service member has to obey.

And the manual has this example.

Get this.

Quote, for example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.

I don't think there is.

Senator Tom Cotton said these guys, the two survivors, are trying to flip over this capsized boat.

Congressman Adam Smith...

And others said, listen, they were just shirtless guys and not much of this boat was above water.

So that's why it's important, I think, to the public to see this video.

It should be released.

NPR's Tom Bowman, thanks so much.

You're welcome.

We know the FBI said it seized laptops and phones from his home.

He lived with his wife and five children in Bellingham, Washington, north of Seattle.

The U.S.

Attorney's Office said as soon as he's medically able, he'll appear in federal court.

He was a member of a paramilitary group called Zero Unit that operated out of the southern city of Kandahar, working with U.S.

forces as well as the CIA.