The New Yorker Radio Hour

Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes

December 12, 2025·26 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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The episode centers on former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta’s urgent warnings about the Trump administration’s militarized approach to drug interdiction and potential military escalation in Venezuela, which he views as legally dubious and ethically dangerous. Pan

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