PATEL: In order to eliminate - and that's the key, eliminate - the drug trade, we have to use authorities at the Department of War and the intelligence community to go after the threat like we did terrorists when we were manhunting them. TRENTA: None of this would apply to the current situation due to the nature of the target and the lack of a threat that the target was posing. LUCAS: In the case of the first strike in the Caribbean, an individual briefed on the attack and not authorized to speak publicly told NPR the boat had turned around and was returning to shore when it was hit, raising further questions about how it could've posed a direct threat to the United States.
Author: Ryan Lucas
Published at: 2025-09-30 21:43:12
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