Not to mention OBL was brought to an aircraft carrier with a crew of around 6,000. I’m curious what the security was like, who was allowed on the flight deck and witnessed it, was it shown on the ship’s CCTV? What kind of tales are going to eminate from the crew of the Carl Vinson? My bet is the vast majority of the crew was unaware of what happened until “it” was over, only to be briefed after the fact.
Unless they shot the stiff off one of the cats. They probably took it down to the hanger bay and dropped him off an aircraft elevator.
Might have been a situation where pretend nothing unusual is up and no one notices much. Announce after over the closed circuit.