mmm...something not right about this story.
US ships are US territory just like an Embassy is US territory. As such they have to comply with US law, the UCMJ (military law), regulations, as well as international Maritime Law and Treaties that the US is a signatory.
Even on international flights, aircraft that enter and depart from the US are required to comply with US laws and regulations (why we can’t smoke over the Pacific even when going to a country that still allows it - or did at one time.
It could be that the Drug interdiction laws and Treaties are written to allow this activity.
Article reads like a hit piece against the CG.
re Article reads like a hit piece against the CG.
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Yes, I think the Coast Guard may have some special powers, maybe in Nat’l Emergency, that other arms of military do not have. This is regarding ‘not’ going into martial law, as I recall. Will (re)post if I find.