Ishmael
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I suppose many of you are aware of the stink the press and the democrats are trying to gin up regarding the SEAL operation in Yemen this past Jan. 29th.
Dad and investigation demand.
While the father is lashing out in anger, his anger is misplaced. But I do agree that an investigation has to be done, in depth, and by the FBI.
The gathering of intelligence behind the operation began last summer. As more and more evidence mounted the idea of a raid to scoop up as much hard intelligence as possible started taking place. A commitment was made and training began. The operation was originally planned for early Jan. but the team leader requested a postponement until the New Moon (Jan 27th) so as to be able to take full advantage of their night vision equipment. While this decision worked to the benefit of the team on the ground it increased the risk associated with flight operations.
Almost immediately upon advancing on their objective the team started taking fire from two sides. They had moved into what is called a 'kill sack.' The jihadists KNEW they were coming and had set up an ambush. The reason the women and children were there is for use as human shields and propaganda value. Obviously the propaganda worked.
That begs the question, "How in the hell did the jihadists know the operators were coming?"
Flash forward about 10 days. I'm watching an interview that Charlie Rose was doing on the subject with a former State Dept. dweeb. The dweeb, with all seriousness and what came across as a certain amount of pride, explained the procedures associated with these sort of operations. DoD notifies State, State palavers with various interested 'allies' and then gets back to DoD with clearances. When DoD sets the date, State is once again notified and the other 'interested parties' are given the 'heads up.' First of all this is a procedure than only a group of lawyers who will never have their asses on the line could dream up. Secondly why not take out a full page ad in the New York Times? There is no way operational security can be contained with so many people in the operational decision loop.
The Special Operations community are convinced that the leak came from State, and they are most likely right. The reason that an investigation is called for is to determine whether the leak was some dweeb with a big mouth or malicious intent, or as a direct result of the procedures put in place.
Regardless, Trump didn't have a damn thing to do with the procedures and he and his new Sec. State were probably unaware of those procedures put in place by the prior administration. It can be argued that he shouldn't have signed the op order until he did know those details. But it could take up to a year before all of the new cabinet members manage to burrow down to that level of detail effectively prohibiting any action on any intelligence. Which sets the administration up for the accusation, "Well if you knew about it, why didn't you do anything about it?" if some attack was carried out against the US or our allies. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Ishmael
Dad and investigation demand.
While the father is lashing out in anger, his anger is misplaced. But I do agree that an investigation has to be done, in depth, and by the FBI.
The gathering of intelligence behind the operation began last summer. As more and more evidence mounted the idea of a raid to scoop up as much hard intelligence as possible started taking place. A commitment was made and training began. The operation was originally planned for early Jan. but the team leader requested a postponement until the New Moon (Jan 27th) so as to be able to take full advantage of their night vision equipment. While this decision worked to the benefit of the team on the ground it increased the risk associated with flight operations.
Almost immediately upon advancing on their objective the team started taking fire from two sides. They had moved into what is called a 'kill sack.' The jihadists KNEW they were coming and had set up an ambush. The reason the women and children were there is for use as human shields and propaganda value. Obviously the propaganda worked.
That begs the question, "How in the hell did the jihadists know the operators were coming?"
Flash forward about 10 days. I'm watching an interview that Charlie Rose was doing on the subject with a former State Dept. dweeb. The dweeb, with all seriousness and what came across as a certain amount of pride, explained the procedures associated with these sort of operations. DoD notifies State, State palavers with various interested 'allies' and then gets back to DoD with clearances. When DoD sets the date, State is once again notified and the other 'interested parties' are given the 'heads up.' First of all this is a procedure than only a group of lawyers who will never have their asses on the line could dream up. Secondly why not take out a full page ad in the New York Times? There is no way operational security can be contained with so many people in the operational decision loop.
The Special Operations community are convinced that the leak came from State, and they are most likely right. The reason that an investigation is called for is to determine whether the leak was some dweeb with a big mouth or malicious intent, or as a direct result of the procedures put in place.
Regardless, Trump didn't have a damn thing to do with the procedures and he and his new Sec. State were probably unaware of those procedures put in place by the prior administration. It can be argued that he shouldn't have signed the op order until he did know those details. But it could take up to a year before all of the new cabinet members manage to burrow down to that level of detail effectively prohibiting any action on any intelligence. Which sets the administration up for the accusation, "Well if you knew about it, why didn't you do anything about it?" if some attack was carried out against the US or our allies. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Ishmael
