"This action likely falls within the president's inherent authority under Article II of the Constitution to protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack."
"Yeah, good morning, Victor. Well, it's a bit of a stretch, you know, in terms of, you know, combining a law enforcement action with what actually is a military action. So the actual removal of a head of state has all kinds of ramifications from an international law perspective and certainly from a military perspective. But it is in some ways very similar to what was done in Panama back in 1989 with Operation Just Cause when. And at that time, President George H.W. Bush captured the de facto leader of Panama, General Manuel Noriega, and they brought"
News reported a United States strike on Caracas and President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured and flown to the United States. Sen. Mike Lee wrote that the action likely falls within the president's inherent authority under Article II to protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack. CNN anchor Victor Blackwell asked Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret) to evaluate that analysis. Col. Leighton said combining a law-enforcement arrest with a military operation is a stretch and noted international law and military ramifications, comparing the action to Panama's 1989 Operation Just Cause.
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