[Palladin]

Of course he had to sleep before making the decision. Did you see how busy his weekend was? Did you watch him downing glasses of champagne in between bashing Trump at the WHCD? Man, 9 holes of golf takes it out of a guy. How could he NOT keep those Seals waiting. After all, he is the Lyin King!

[carmody]

More likely he had to go somewhere private to discuss the decision with his real handlers.

[Polybius]

Of course he had to sleep before making the decision.

Obama took SIXTEEN HOURS to make up his mind about Bin Laden mission .... Barack Obama kept military commanders hanging by declaring he would 'sleep on it' before taking 16 hours to give the go-ahead to raid Bin Laden's compound. .... The mission looked set to be given the all clear last Thursday when analysts confirmed beyond doubt that Bin Laden was in busy town of Abbottabad in northern Pakistan. ..... But the president stunned officials when he told a national security meeting that he wanted more time to think - and disappeared out of the room. 'I'm not going to tell you what my decision is now - I'm going to go back and think about it some more,' said Obama, according to the New York Times.