Desperate Dems try to push sympathy angle for drug traffickers

"I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight," said Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

He said Bradley and Hegseth did exactly what was expected of them.

But Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters after the briefing it was "one of the most troubling things" he had seen.