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fromThe Cipher Brief
2 weeks ago

Maduro and Noriega: Assessing the Analogies

Asked if there were any restraints on his global powers, [President Trump] answered: "Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me." "I don't need international law." EXPERT OPINION - Nicholas Maduro's fate seems sealed: he will stand trial for numerous violations of federal criminal long-arm statutes and very likely spend decades as an inmate in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins

U.S. Southern Command conducted another strike on a small boat in the eastern Pacific, bringing campaign deaths to at least 87 amid legal scrutiny.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

A US strike on a suspected drug boat has the military in the hot seat. Its own law of war manual explains why.

A US counter-narcotics strike in the Caribbean reportedly struck a vessel twice, killing shipwreck survivors and prompting legal scrutiny under the law of armed conflict.
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

Second Strike, No Survivors: The Legal and Political Questions Around Trump's Narco-Boat Killings

As we've said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be 'lethal, kinetic strikes.' The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization." That was part of a message from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last Friday evening on the social platform X,
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fromAxios
1 month ago

White House defends Hegseth and second strike on boat near Venezuela

Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct kinetic strikes, including a reported second strike, and officials assert the actions were lawful and eliminated the threat.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Former Top Pentagon Lawyer Says Hegseth's Finger-Pointing After Boat Survivor Killings Won't Work: I Don't See It Playing Out Well'

Pete Hegseth ordered that no one on an alleged drug boat survive; two survivors were later killed by a follow-up Navy strike.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

What Law Allows No Survivors?' Fox Reporter Pushes WH On Legality of Second Boat Strike

The Trump administration ordered lethal follow-up strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, claiming legality under the law of armed conflict and self-defense.
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fromThe Washington Post
3 months ago

U.S. in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels, Trump tells Congress

The United States has declared a non-international armed conflict with drug cartels and seeks legal authority for lethal operations against traffickers.
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