US House Speaker Says Venezuela Drug Boat Strikes Killed 'Able-Bodied' Men, Not Helpless

Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes

On The New Yorker Radio Hour, the former C.I.A. director and Secretary of Defense explains the problem with using the military for law enforcement.

Bipartisan push grows in Senate to force release of unedited Caribbean strike footage

Congress pushes Pentagon to release unedited footage of Caribbean boat strikes through National Defense Authorization Act provision amid ongoing controversy.

U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes

Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats.

US House Speaker says Venezuela drug boat strikes killed 'able-bodied' men, not helpless

Some US lawmakers agree that two men survived the initial strike and were seen clinging to a piece of the boat and waving, but they disagree about the condition of the survivors and what they may have been trying to do after the strike.

Speaker Johnson says second Venezuela boat strike 'entirely appropriate' after

Speaker Johnson defended controversial military strikes on a Venezuelan drug boat after viewing classified video evidence, calling the actions "entirely appropriate."