For an operation of this nature, it will take days for the SEALS to put together a complete and accurate account of what happened.
This example is not an attempt to “lie,” as in deliberate misrepresentation of what is known to be true, this just proves that the media wants answers, now, and the spokesmen are pressed into giving what they think they know, now, and this feeds the frenzy.
If the officials held back for several days, to ensure they get the real flow of events and real facts, then there would be bleating from the media and others about “cover-up.”
Can't win.
How do you know it wasn’t a deliberate lie? Why give such details until you’re 100% sure they’re true if they have any concern for their credibility? I’m amused to see that with the two-plus-year history we have suffering the propaganda from this White House that anyone would give them the benefit of the doubt.