Posted on 05/04/2011 7:08:18 PM PDT by Signalman
Leon Panetta, director of the CIA, revealed there was a 25 minute blackout during which the live feed from cameras mounted on the helmets of the US special forces was cut off.
A photograph released by the White House appeared to show the President and his aides in the situation room watching the action as it unfolded. In fact they had little knowledge of what was happening in the compound.
Mr Panetta said: “Once those teams went into the compound I can tell you that there was a time period of almost 20 or 25 minutes where we really didn’t know just exactly what was going on. And there were some very tense moments as we were waiting for information.
“We had some observation of the approach there, but we did not have direct flow of information as to the actual conduct of the operation itself as they were going through the compound.”
Panetta also admitted that the Navy Seals, not the president, made the decision to kill bin Laden:
He said: “The authority here was to kill bin Laden. And obviously, under the rules of engagement, if he had in fact thrown up his hands, surrendered and didn’t appear to be representing any kind of threat, then they were to capture him. But they had full authority to kill him.
“To be frank, I don’t think he had a lot of time to say anything. It was a firefight going up that compound. And by the time they got to the third floor and found bin Laden, I think it – this was all split-second action on the part of the Seals.”
The President only knew the mission was successful after the Navy Seals commander heard the word “Geronimo” on the radio, a code word from commandos reporting that they had killed bin Laden.
The absence of footage of the raid has led to conflicting reports about what happened in the compound. According to Pakistani authorities one of bin Laden’s daughter’s, who was present during the raid, claimed that her father was captured alive before he was killed.
How many retakes of this story are we going to get?
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Why? How many do you want? It’s only Wednesday, and we’ve had at least four different official versions this week so far.
Which begs the question. Was Obama and the idiots at the White House lying then, or are they lying now?
There was no lying....the administration simply misspoke...repeatedly...and will continue misspeaking until they misspeak something that makes them look good in a focus group...then the rest goes down the memory hole and they will question your patriotism.
What I WANT is for BamBamKennedy to go HOME. What I actually believe is that BamBamKennedy has had his loyalties torn to his very core, and he has been forced to face what is required of him to do as president which goes against his personal allegiances. These retakes hourly describes an internal 'war' of ideologies in the belly of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His suppose trophy remark I think is his original word I do not think anybody had to write that for him.
Lies are a part of war.
"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." ...... Winston Churchill
Be that as it may, Winston Churchill never intended for the Keystone Kops to be in charge of crafting the lies.
In wartime, you need to lie well and only once ..... not idiotically every 45 minutes.
interesting Panetta said he was on the 3rd floor. The daughter said he was on the ground floor. A bit of a difference there.
fake but accurate
President Bush would be criticized for not taking him alive, for barging in unannounced, for not delivering food to the neighborhood, for leaving the "mansion" a mess, for not ringing the doorbell, you name it he would be criticized for it.
Remember when Private Jessica Lynch, at the beginning of the Iraq war, was rescued and the military was actually criticized for breaking the door down? If I remeber correctly that was Peter Jennings who complained about that. Bush and Cheney would not be praised leaders, they would be assasins in cowboy hats.
new details to the story
http://www.nationaljournal.com/bin-laden-found-in-room-with-guns-u-s-officials-say-20110504
they found him in a room with two guns
Oh please...he hears this big commotion taking place (not sound asleep with a cpap).and he doesnt pick up his gun before he leaves the room???
No argument from me here. That look on HRC speaks volumes - whether she was seeing a live stream or recording.. she’s reacting to something at a visceral level.
No argument from me here. That look on HRC speaks volumes - whether she was seeing a live stream or recording.. she’s reacting to something at a visceral level.
Interesting you mention cowboy hats...
I came across a pic on a lib site today that had Obama in a cowboy hat that was captioned “I gave you the BC and Osama, what the FXXk more do you want?”
Sure seems like the left likes cowboy diplomacy when it’s ‘their’ cowboy.
The hypocrisy made me sick looking at it.
No argument from me here. That look on HRC speaks volumes - whether she was seeing a live stream or recording.. she’s reacting to something at a visceral level.
One FReeper said it best the other day.
If you’ve ever had a child that lied when the truth would have served him better; then you begin to understand the nature of Barack Obama.
Might have been the copter crash.
I don’t think they meant to kill him. The plan was to capture quietly and get out of there quickly, but it all went to pieces and they killed him.
That would also explain why golfing Barry had to be called back to clean up and go on camera to address the nation. It was supposed to be quick and quiet and secret, bin Laden stashed away . . .
until Oct. 2012.
That is the most profound statement I have read in a long time.
“The Situation Room photo is timestamped at 4:05 p.m. - about 15 minutes after the raid ended. Hillary and company may be watching belated footage.”
Or watching live footage from inside the chopper.
YES!!! We have hired a spoiled brat with the maturity of a two year old to rule over US...
Either way it puts lie to the ‘no footage’ claim.
I really hope they keep it up. More and more people are questioning all their garbage and that only helps our side.
exactly. they say there’s 20 minutes of a fierce gunbattle and he’s just chilling upstairs, unarmed, leaving an AK on the floor somewhere? Please.
Again, the daughter says he was on the ground floor, which makes more sense.
and 20 minutes? that should be easy to find out. neighbors would obviously be aware if there were 20 minutes worth of a huge shootout going on. that’s an extremely long time. And there were only 4 guys killed(OBL, his son, and the two couriers). We’re supposed to believe it takes a highly trained squad of 20 SEALS+Delta+CIA 20 minutes to take out 4 guys, at least one of whom wasn’t armed, another who had a water gun nearby. It shouldn’t take anywhere near that long.
a lot of things don’t add up.
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