[darkwing104]

But Mr Hagel, who reportedly met some of the special forces team involved in the operation on a visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, said the military believed the soldier was in danger, and had to act quickly "essentially to save his life".

Translation...no longer useful, but the timing was to get the other scandals off the headlines.

[SADMILLIE]

This is a cover for something else. This guy was one of them,I think. This story in contrived.