Various news sources, including "Time", "Life" and "Newsweek", published articles throughout August on the Tonkin Gulf incident. "Time" reported: "Through the darkness, from the West and south ... intruders boldly sped ... at least six of them ... they opened fire on the destroyers with automatic weapons, this time from as close as 2,000 yards." "Time" stated that there was "no doubt in Sharp's mind that the US would now have to answer this attack", and that there was no debate or confusion within the administration regarding the incident.