...Several military officials were REPORTEDLY caught off guard;
...The REPORTED lack of communication between military channels;
...five DEFENSE OFFICIALS [nota bene; these are not MILITARY but likely desk-jockeys in DoD];
...said THEY DID NOT KNOW of the details;
...and WERE NOT AWARE of the White House’s plans to release a statement...
Hmmmm, sounds like “need to know”
Conclusion: FAKE NEWS. (maybe designed to flush out more leakers?)
AP reporter has similar story from WH senior official who knew nothing about it. Sounds like it was someone in State dept
If there is any truth to the new Seymour hersh story...people may be distancing themselves from what comes next from trump as it relates to syriA. This reporters stories might be a version of CYA