The Just Security Podcast: Troubled Legal Waters - What You Need to Know about the U.S. Strike on the Caribbean Vessel

Trump Administration Now Murdering People In International Waters Just Because

The "fresh hell" administration keeps on rolling. There's no need to actually ask what fresh hell awaits. You need do nothing more than exist and a new fresh hell will be delivered, almost daily. Here's the freshest: the US military decided to blow up a boat traveling in international waters -- one carrying eleven people,…

The Just Security Podcast: Troubled Legal Waters - What You Need to Know about the U.S. Strike on the Caribbean Vessel

Last week, the United States carried out an unprecedented strike against a vessel suspected of narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean, destroying the vessel and reportedly killing 11 people on board. This action raises highly concerning questions about the process followed within the U.S. government: how and by whom it was the strike authorized?  Why was it carried out by U.S. armed forces? And what kind of accountability or pushback might we se…