Are the Lethal U.S. Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Legal?

17 Sep 2025 • 31 min • EN

The Trump administration's recent lethal strikes on purported drug boats in Venezuela drew widespread condemnation from experts in international law. Brian Finucane, senior adviser at the International Crisis Group and a non-resident senior fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law, talks about the strikes and breaks down their legality, plus discusses the implications of that analysis.

From "The Brian Lehrer Show"

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