"Earlier on Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Trump secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela. The report by Julian E. Barnes and Tyler Pager called the authorization the latest step in the Trump administration's intensifying pressure campaign against Venezuela and its authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro. The Times report detailed exactly what the authorization allows the CIA to do: The new authority would allow the C.I.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations"
"We've had a couple of days where there isn't a boat to be found, and thatI view that as a good thing, not a bad thing. But we had tremendous amounts coming in by boats, by very expensive boats. You know, they have a lot of money: very fast, very expensive boats that were pretty big. And the way you look at it is, every boat that we knock out, we save 25,000 American lives."
The United States is considering land strikes in Venezuela after maritime operations reduced the number of smuggling boats at sea. Maritime interdictions reportedly left days with virtually no boats visible. Smuggling vessels were described as fast, expensive, and capable of carrying large loads. A claim was advanced that each interdicted boat prevents tens of thousands of American deaths. The Central Intelligence Agency obtained new authority to conduct covert action in Venezuela, including lethal operations and a range of activities across the Caribbean. Those authorities permit unilateral CIA action or coordination with broader military operations; any operational plans remain unclear.
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