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To: darrellmaurina; butterdezillion

Good question.

The book is written in a very chatty style, not what I would expect from a military author. Clearly it seems to be the co-author’s work from conversations with Bissonnette.

Generally, there are no direct admissions of a confidential nature. However, someone in the know could infer operationally sensitive tactics that could help an enemy harden a future target.

Some of the described operational tactics make no sense such as having the QRF on the ground somewhere. That makes no sense, a QRF (Quick Reaction Force)...has to be quick...and that means loitering overhead.

This goes to my complaint about fuel and range-payload extension of force tactics that are classified.

Now that the book is open source, bin Laden’s tactics can be discussed. UBL chose to locate in Abbottabad, thinking that being next to the Paki West Point would prevent a raid by us. Ok, good thought, but a consequence was that UBL and his guards heard so many Paki helos going over that they became desensitized and ignored them.

That writing would help a future enemy hide better, but a thinking enemy should know that already. Where UBL erred was going so far underground that he no longer kept a very professional security force.

I don’t think the co-author was clever enough or in the know to leave false-flags, he wrote what he was told.


33 posted on 09/08/2012 9:39:51 AM PDT by gandalftb (The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
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To: gandalftb

Just a quick note to say that I really appreciate your analysis.

There are some things that those of us on the outside cannot and should not know.


37 posted on 09/15/2012 12:57:52 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
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