Overview

• The Times, citing roughly two dozen current and former officials, reported the classified episode as the Pentagon and U.S. Special Operations Command declined to comment.
• SEAL Team 6’s Red Squadron reportedly deployed from a U.S. submarine in mini-subs to plant a device to intercept Kim Jong Un’s communications during high-level nuclear talks.
• Sources said a small boat carrying two or three apparent shellfish divers approached, the SEALs opened fire and killed them, then pulled the bodies into the water and punctured lungs so they would sink.
• A classified review later found the shootings justified under rules of engagement and the Trump administration did not alert congressional oversight committees at the time, with select members briefed in 2021 according to reports.
• Asked Friday about the account, President Trump said he knew nothing about the mission and was hearing of it for the first time.