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SUMMARY:The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part V
DESCRIPTION:A special episode of The Just Security Podcast\, co-hosted by the Reiss Center on Law and Security\n\n  \n \n  \nCo-Hosts Tess Bridgeman and Rachel Goldbrenner are joined by Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane to examine the escalating U.S. campaign of killings of suspected drug traffickers at sea under “Operation Southern Spear” following the January 2026 capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The conversation explores the U.S. military operations in Venezuela and the intensifying campaign of lethal strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific\, unpacks the Trump administration’s legal justifications\, and looks at potential avenues for accountability. This installment is part five of the “Murder on the High Seas” series\, produced in collaboration with the Reiss Center on Law and Security. \nA recording of the podcast can be found here (also available via Spotify\, Apple Podcasts\, and other major podcast providers).  \n  \nPodcast Guests\n\nBrian Finucane is senior adviser with the U.S. Program at the International Crisis Group and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law. Prior to joining Crisis Group in 2021\, he served as an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State.\nRebecca Ingber is a Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security. From 2021-23\, she served as Counselor on International Law in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. She is a Member of the Just Security Editorial Board.\n\n\n  \nPodcast Hosts\n\nTess Bridgeman is co-editor-in-chief of Just Security and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law. She previously served as Special Assistant to the President\, Associate Counsel to the President\, and Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC)\, and at the U.S. State Department in the Office of the Legal Adviser.\nRachel Goldbrenner is the Executive Director of the Reiss Center on Law and Security and Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. She previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN\, and director for human rights and multilateral affairs at the National Security Council.\n\n\n  \nShow Note:\n\nJust Security’s Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers\, Operation Southern Spear\, Operation Absolute Resolve\nJeremy Chin\, Margaret Lin\, Aidan Arasasingham\, and Marie Miller\, Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions (Nov. 21\, 2025\, updated regularly)\nRebecca Ingber\, The Trump Administration’s Theory of Constitutional War Powers: “The President Could Decide (March 2\, 2026)\nEdward Swaine\, Can the U.S. Government Be Sued for Wrongful Death in a Caribbean Boat Strike? (Jan. 29\, 2026)\nTess Bridgeman and Brian Finucane\, War Powers\, Venezuela\, Drug Boats\, and Congress (Jan. 12\, 2026)\nTess Bridgeman\, Michael Schmitt\, and Ryan Goodman\, Expert Q&A on U.S. Military Action in Venezuela and Boat Strikes (Jan. 6\, 2026)\nMichael Schmitt\, Marko Milanovic\, The International Law Obligation to Investigate the Boat Strikes (Dec. 15\, 2025)\nMark Nevitt\, The Law on Targeting Shipwrecked Drug Traffickers: Expert Backgrounder (Dec. 11\, 2025)\nMichael Schmitt\, Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman\, Operation Southern Spear: Why the Crews\, Drugs\, and Boats are Not Targetable (Dec. 7\, 2025)\nMichael Schmitt\, Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman\, Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder (Dec. 1\, 2025)\nDaniel Maurer\, Hypothetical Legal Review of Narcotrafficking Strikes (Nov. 18\, 2025)\nMichael Schmitt\, Marko Milanovic\, and Ryan Goodman\, The International Law Obligation of States to Stop Intelligence Support for U.S. Boat Strikes (Nov. 17\, 2025)\nBrian Finucane\, Dissecting the Trump Administration’s Effort to Circumvent the War Powers Resolution for Boat Strikes (Nov. 3\, 2025)\nRebecca Ingber and Jessica Thibodeau\, Expert Backgrounder on War Powers Resolution 60-Day Clock for Boat Strikes Expiring Monday (October 31\, 2025)\n\n  \nPreviously on “Murder on the High Seas”\n\nTess Bridgeman\, Rachel Goldbrenner\, Rebecca Ingber\, and Brian Finucane\, The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part IV (Dec. 2\, 2025)\nTess Bridgeman\, Brian Finucane\, and Rebecca Ingber\, The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part III  (Oct. 21\, 2025\, also available on YouTube)\nTess Bridgeman\, Brian Finucane\, Rachel Goldbrenner\, and Rebecca Ingber\, The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part II — What We Know about U.S. Vessel Strikes One Month In (Oct. 7\, 2025)\nTess Bridgeman\, Brian Finucane\, and Rebecca Ingber\, The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas? What You Need to Know about the U.S. Strike on the Caribbean Vessel (Sept. 9\, 2025\, also available on YouTube)\n\n
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