1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

Investigate and oversee military action! On one side, the Trump administration is sinking small boats that it claims, without providing evidence, are smuggling drugs — and according to the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth, the self-styled Secretary of War, has personally ordered at least one follow-up strike to kill the survivors. A working group of former JAGs, that is, members of the military’s legal branch, issued a statement declaring that it unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both. On the other side, Donald Trump has declared his intention to grant “a Full and Complete Pardon” to Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who has been convicted of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. In fact, Hernandez was part of a cartel, including his brother, that smuggled hundreds of tons of cocaine into this country. What gives? The various explanations for these tel very contradictory actions reflect poorly, maybe criminally, on some participants actions. Only investigation and oversight will surface the facts.