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Legal Perspective

Dilemma On The High Seas

By Brent E. Zepke, Esq.

Nov 08, 2025
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Suppose you, as the captain of a U.S. Navy Destroyer stationed in the Caribbean Sea, receive a report of a small boat that is reportedly carrying drugs—-aka a “drug boat”—-racing on a known drug route from Venezuela to the United States.

What would you do?

Should you follow your commander-in-chief’s, the President of the United States, authorization to ta…

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