Another example of a “failed raid” with significant consequences. Also Yemen lastly.
Not *failed,* Betrayed by a Congressional staffer.
The Congressman's political career declined following the loss of his office in the Reagan landslide that followed the Panama Canal giveaway Treaty and the discovery of recordings of the Congressman's price negotiations for his support with Manuel Noriega during the Canton Song IV ASA/MI investigations.
The staffer who spilled the beans to a North Vietnamese-friendly foreign embassy is no longer with us.