Did a U.S. Boat Strike Amount to a War Crime?

美国船只的撞击是否构成战争罪?

The Daily

2025-12-03

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Over the past three months, the U.S. military has been firing on boats from South America, killing more than 80 people and prompting Democrats to raise urgent questions about their legality. Now, one of these operations, which killed survivors with a second missile, has prompted congressional Republicans to join those calls for accountability. Charlie Savage, who covers national security for The New York Times, explains the renewed debate and how the administration is justifying its actions. Guest: Charlie Savage, who covers national security and legal policy for The New York Times. Background reading:  Lawmakers suggested that a follow-up boat strike could have been a war crime.Amid talk of a war crime, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing more scrutiny.Photo: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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  • It's been three months since the American military began firing on boats from South America,

  • killing more than 80 people,

  • and prompting Democrats to raise urgent questions about whether these attacks might be illegal.

  • But now, we're going to conduct oversight.

  • And we're going to try to get to the facts.

  • New questions about one of those operations in which the military killed survivors with a second missile have prompted congressional Republicans to join those calls for accountability.

  • There are very serious concerns in Congress about the attacks on the so-called drug boats.

  • Today,

  • my colleague Charlie Savage explains the renewed debate and how the administration is justifying its actions.

  • It's Wednesday, December 3rd.

  • Charlie,

  • we had you on the show a couple months ago to talk about the Trump administration's campaign of boat strikes in the Caribbean against boats that they argued were carrying drugs from Venezuela to the United States.

  • And from the beginning, there were questions about the legality of these attacks, right?