
Senate Democrats formally requested Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi to declassify the memo drafted by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel authorizing deadly strikes against alleged drug vessels.
In a letter, the 13 senators, all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, demand an "expeditious declassification and public release" of the document, which shields troops taking part in the operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific from prosecution.