Joe said this WAS NOT a secret mission. Joe said he briefed the US Ambassador to Niger, the State Department and the CIA but I have as yet seen no evidence of all three parties being briefed BY JOE.
The entire thing was a setup? Was Joe there to see if something HAD occurred or to make sure that nothing got out that it HAD occurred. Somehow, I picture Joe sitting in front of a fireplace....throwing paper after paper into the flames.....just like Berger.