Leading Intelligence Committee Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of leaving them in the dark on strikes in the Caribbean that have killed more than 40 people, demanding information about the intelligence community’s role.

The letter requests the legal justifications for the strikes, which has targeted a series of boats the Trump administration has claimed without evidence are ferrying drugs off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia.

“Despite our repeated requests, the intelligence committees have received virtually no information about the Intelligence Community’s support for these operations,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-Md.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on each chamber’s Intelligence Committee, wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

“We have not been told which agencies are providing intelligence support, the nature of that assistance, or the amount of IC resources and personnel dedicated to this effort," they continued. "Nor have we been advised about the IC’s role in collecting and analyzing........

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