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Leaked memo reveals the legal justification for Trump’s boat strikes was written backwards

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 03, 2025
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Pete Hegseth (Joshua Sukoff/shutterstock.com)

The DOJ’s secret memo authorizing missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean isn’t a legal analysis — it’s legal laundering.
According to leaks reported by The Guardian, the Office of Legal Counsel memo claims the strikes constitute “collective self-defense” on behalf of allies like Mexico and Colombia, who sup…

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