CIA personnel running the Airbridge Denial Program, a drug-interdiction operation in Peru between 1995 and 2001, wanted to avoid catastrophic mishaps, such as, they said, shooting down “a planeload of nuns.” Then they shot down a family of American missionaries.According to Tim Weiner in “The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century,” all 15 shootdowns by CIA operatives and Peruvian allies between 1995 and 2001 violated explicit presidential rules about identifying and warning planes suspected of carrying drugs.

Are there any rules regarding today’s “lethal kinetic strikes” on boats driven by “narco-terrorists” who are “poisoning” Americans? This language is from self-designated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on X, where he notifies narco-terrorists: “We will kill you.” The tattooed tough guy

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