Time to Out Sinister Valerie Jarrett

“At the urging of Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three separate occasions before finally approving the May 2, 2011 Navy SEAL mission.” (Richard Miniter, Leading from Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him.)

Did Jarrett give the OK, or did someone do an end run around the WH with vague approval, set the operation in motion, and then inform the WH that the team was on the way?

My bet is (still) she didn't approve squat, it was a done deal and the only choice they had was to run with it.

Which would be more in keeping with the non-intervention in Benghazi, even in a situation virtually no nation could object to (rescuing your own diplomats).

Why would she approve invading the airspace of an 'ally' and carrying out an attack against an enemy there without the permission/cooperation of that 'ally', and then NOT approve invading the airspace of an enemy to rescue our own?

I think her go/nogo is part of the myth.

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