Tom Bowman

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.

They were headquartered in a compound once owned by the Taliban's leader, Mullah Omar.

Now, the Zero Unit was a highly select group that would mount night raids, go after Taliban fighters.

They were pretty brutal, and there were reports from Human Rights Watch that they engaged in torture and also illegal killings.

A source familiar but not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR's Tom Bowman that Hegseth ordered the first strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2nd, and then a follow-up strike that killed all survivors on board.

The Washington Post first reported this story that is raising serious questions about the legality of these strikes and whether they are war crimes.

The Pentagon has denied these reports, and Hegseth himself posted on X that these strikes are, quote, lawful under both U.S.

and international law.