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Anderson Cooper 360

Exclusive: Alleged Drug Boat Was Not Bound For U.S.

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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4.13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Exclusive new reporting is casting doubt on the Trump administration's claim that hitting an alleged drug boat, then killing the survivors, was necessary, because the boat was heading to the U.S. We now know the mission commander said it was not. Plus, the president gets a new, somewhat puzzling prize, from a soccer league.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Tonight on 36, exclusive new reporting casting doubt on the administration's claim that

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hitting an alleged drug boat then killing the survivors was necessary because the boat was

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heading to the U.S. We now know the mission commander said it was not, and something else he

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said raises another question, were those survivors signaling for help before they were hit? Also tonight,

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close, but not the Nobel. The president gets a newly invented Peace Prize, but not the Peace Prize

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from a soccer league. Later, the alleged D.C. pipe bomber today's court appearance and what

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sources say he told the FBI about the 2020 election, which might shed light on a possible motive.

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Good evening. Thanks for joining us. For a second straight night, we've got new details casting doubt on the administration's account of the September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

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Now, details, our sources say, which come directly from the commander in charge of it.

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He's Navy Admiral Frank Bradley.

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Last night, we learned that he had told lawmakers yesterday that two survivors, the first strike,

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did not, as some defense officials, have been claiming for months, radio for backup before a second strike killed them.

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Tonight, two sources with direct knowledge of the Admiral's remarks tell us he also told

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those same lawmakers that the boat was heading to link up with a larger vessel bound for Suriname.

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And that may be important because it undermines the administration's claim about its destination,

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