WASHINGTON — The Navy admiral who reportedly issued orders for the U.S. military to fire upon survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat gave classified briefings to lawmakers overseeing national security Thursday, and one Democrat who attended a closed-door session expressed deep concern about the information presented.

“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters after emerging from a briefing. “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel were killed by the United States.”

Joining Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley at the Capitol was Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

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