[GodBlessUSA]

They have the legal authority to do boardings. NO Warrent required, 14USC89 authorizes the Coast Guard to perform boardings, searches, and investigations on all US Vessels, and Foreign Vessels in US Territorial Waters.

They have been doing it since prohibition

[freeeee]

They have been doing it since prohibition

"This act of piracy has been proudly brought to you by the War on Drugs, proudly gutting the Constitution since 1919."

[William Tell]

GodBlessUSA said: "They have been doing it since prohibition"

That explains it all.