It’s worse than that. The removal of an IED was the second story.
Now that Thomas and others are freed, they reverted to their original story: THEY WERE ORDERED TO DO A HIT on that guy
They had intelligence he was planting IED’s and had killed one or two Marines inthe previous week.
They knew his house and went for him at night, similar to Operation Phoenix
These men were ON A MISSION ordered by their OWN OFFICERS
They tried to get the orders released but that request was denied them in pre-trial hearings as National Security issues
There is a video coming out, I think it is titled RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, made by Don Sikorski
(BTW:Too much PC pandering happening in a time of war contributes directly to the deaths of our service members who have to consult the attorney's field manual every time they do a mission or shoot a bullet. How many of our men have lost their lives because the law office Suits are watching over their shoulder every move they make?)