Cuba’s Deadly Boat Attack Exposes Flaws in U.S. Border Security and Policy

In a harrowing demonstration of how porous America’s maritime borders remain, Cuban authorities unveiled chilling new details about a Florida-flagged speedboat that opened fire on Cuban border troops earlier this week. The violent encounter, which ended with four dead suspects, exposed not only the brazen nature of covert operations launched against sovereign nations but also an alarming vulnerability in U.S. coastal security. How Could Such an Armed Threat Sail So Close to Cuba Undetected? The Ministry of the Interior in Havana disclosed that the speedboat carried an arsenal straight out of a paramilitary playbook: twelve high-powered weapons including scoped rifles,...