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Analyzing the Trump administration's legal authority to seize oil tanker near Venezuela

Name: Analyzing the Trump administration's legal authority to seize oil tanker near Venezuela
Uploaded: 2025-12-11T10:34:00-0500
Duration: 9 min 32 s
Description: Experts are weighing in on the American operation to seize an oil tanker near the coast of Venezuela. Retired Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham, a professor at Southwestern Law School, has more on the operation, and CBS News contributor Sam Vinograd breaks down the legalities of the seizure.

Experts are weighing in on the American operation to seize an oil tanker near the coast of Venezuela. Retired Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham, a professor at Southwestern Law School, has more on the operation, and CBS News contributor Sam Vinograd breaks down the legalities of the seizure.