Lawfare Daily: U.S. Military Conducts Lethal Strike on Venezuelan ‘Drug Boat’
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In a live conversation on Sept. 4, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson and Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School Rebecca Ingber to discuss the U.S. strike on an alleged “drug boat” traveling from Venezuela, the president’s authority to use lethal force outside of war, and more.
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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
Scott R. Anderson is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow in the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School. He previously served as an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State and as the legal advisor for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
Rebecca Ingber is an Associate Professor of Law at BU Law. She teaches and writes about international law, foreign relations law, national security, war powers, and executive branch decision-making. She previously served for six years in the Legal Adviser's Office at the U.S. Department of State, and held fellowships at Columbia Law School and with the Council on Foreign Relations. She graduated from Yale College and Harvard Law School, and clerked for Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr., of the Southern District of New York.
