Making sense of a week of revelations about September boat strike

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published December 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM EST

U.S. strikes in September on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat were the subject of a closed-door hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday and numerous media reports.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre about what we’ve learned.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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