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Judge Orders DOJ to Release Pentagon Drug Memo in Two Weeks
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Story summary
- District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ordered Justice Department to release the Pentagon drug-smuggling memo within two weeks.
- He rejected the administration’s two arguments for keeping the memo secret.
- The ruling gave legal groups a victory in their FOIA lawsuit.
- Since September 2025, the campaign has conducted 70 strikes, killing over 230 people in Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
- President Donald Trump declared an armed conflict with secret drug cartels without congressional approval.
