If this line of investigation is borne out, we can expect to see some interesting times in Washington:
The operation was at this time effectively unknown to President Barack Obama or Valerie Jarrett and it remained that way until AFTER it had already been initiated. President Obama was literally pulled from a golf outing and escorted back to the White House to be informed of the mission.
I have no idea how solid this line of reasoning is, but if Clinton and Panetta had to force the President’s hand by initiating the strike on Bin Laden’s safe house, the American government is well and truly divided.
H/T to Adam Baldwin for the link.
the American government is well and truly divided
It might explain the weird, clumsy, actions after the fact; the hurried burial at sea, the lack of photographs, the contradictory narrative, the claim of DNA proof but no release of that proof, etc.
I love my country, but I’m not so enamored of my government.
Comment by Brian Dunbar — May 5, 2011 @ 11:31