What has Happened: Yesterday, the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking a major escalation in the administration’s pressure campaign against the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro. The operation was led by the U.S. Coast Guard with assistance from Navy forces deployed to the Caribbean and is clearly a warning to other tankers waiting to dock and load up Venezuelan crude. According to reports, the tanker identified as the Skipper (formerly called the Adisa), had been sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control for carrying Iranian crude that generated revenue for Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary ... Academy SITREP – U.S. Seizes Tanker off Venezuela