Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said that lawmakers were “very frustrated” with a bipartisan House classified briefing Thursday on the U.S. military’s strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and in the East Pacific, echoing displeasure raised by Democrats.

Turner, who attended the members-only House Armed Services Committee Thursday morning, confirmed that the Defense Department (DOD) lawyers, who were set to explain the legal rationale the administration is using to strike the vessels, were not in the room.

“People were very frustrated in the information that was being provided. It was a bipartisan briefing, but people were not happy with the level information that was provided, and certainly the level of legal justification that was provided,” Turner said during a Fri

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