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SEAL-spotting becomes local sport in Virginia Beach after bin Laden raid
The Washington Post ^ | 13 May 2011 | Frederick Kunkle

Posted on 05/13/2011 11:43:15 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss

VIRGINIA BEACH — Finding a Navy SEAL in this city should be easy. This is where hundreds of America’s most elite warriors are based. This is where their heroic exploits are celebrated and retold, especially since a team of Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in a bold raid on the al-Qaeda mastermind’s Pakistani hideout.

But finding a real, active-duty SEAL in this beach resort — not to mention one of the 20 or so members of SEAL Team 6 who swept into bin Laden’s compound early this month — is like chasing echoes in a fun house.

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It’s wise not to be too nosy in some places, however, because asking too many questions about the SEALs raises alarms. At Hot Tuna Bar & Grill on Shore Drive, no one on staff wanted to talk with a journalist about their SEAL customers. When a young woman in a bachelorette party started talking about how five or six SEALs had visited the place on Cinco de Mayo, a manager rushed over to expel the reporter.

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As if on cue, a couple eavesdropping from the next table butt in. They want to see some press credentials.

Except to say that they are military and have unspecified security clearances, neither the buzz-cut young man nor his date wants to identify themselves. But the young woman, her eyes locked on like radar, suggests that al-Qaeda terrorists might pose as journalists to find out what brand of floor cleaner the restaurant uses, obtain an identical container and fill it with a deadly biological agent.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bustickets; enemedia; navyseals; obltermination; opsec; wapo
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The MSM is trying to 'out' SEALs by going to local hangouts in Virginia Beach.
1 posted on 05/13/2011 11:43:23 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: Meet the New Boss

Loose lips sink ships.


2 posted on 05/13/2011 11:47:42 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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To: Meet the New Boss

I thought I saw him having dinner with Heidi Klum last night.


3 posted on 05/13/2011 11:48:52 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Loose lips sink ships.

I agree. This link should be deleted.

4 posted on 05/13/2011 11:50:38 AM PDT by Doe Eyes
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If AQ does decide to kill some SEALs, chances are they will kill a lot of fake ones. There are 10X more fake SEALs than real ones and the fakes ones love to talk.


5 posted on 05/13/2011 11:50:56 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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I am willing to wager that “finding” a Navy SEAL who doesn’t want to be found would be the finder’s last act on Earth.


6 posted on 05/13/2011 11:52:16 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (osama gets 72 virgins. We get 72 versions...)
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>>There are 10X more fake SEALs than real ones and the fakes ones love to talk.<<

After the practical repeal of “Stolen Valor” that may not be all that bad...

(just sayin’)


7 posted on 05/13/2011 11:53:40 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (osama gets 72 virgins. We get 72 versions...)
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I am willing to wager that “finding” a Navy SEAL who doesn’t want to be found would be the finder’s last act on Earth.

LOL. I think you're right.

8 posted on 05/13/2011 11:53:46 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Sounds like the wanna-be’s and never-were’s are going to find some prime opportunities for picking up chicks this summer.


9 posted on 05/13/2011 11:57:36 AM PDT by jz638
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DONATE


10 posted on 05/13/2011 12:00:36 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Doe Eyes

agree - don’t add to it - DELETE THIS LINK - it’g going out ot the WWW and will pop up in any searchs -

GOOD GOD!

Did y ou stop to think.You
re aiding and abetting.


11 posted on 05/13/2011 12:03:06 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (watch the otherhand)
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Just look up at the helos that fly around with guys hanging on a rope or ask some girls at a club.


12 posted on 05/13/2011 12:06:49 PM PDT by stuartcr
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To: maine-iac7

meet the new boss........join date: April 30, 2011


13 posted on 05/13/2011 12:06:56 PM PDT by mmanager
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To: Doe Eyes

WAPO is bigger and more well known than FR.


14 posted on 05/13/2011 12:08:35 PM PDT by PghBaldy
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Why would AQ go after SEAL’s when they can go after the innocent and helpless?

A friend of mine is military medical and he says you can spot the SEALs because they don’t look military. Which means you can’t.


15 posted on 05/13/2011 12:11:10 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: freedumb2003

ditto. and love your tagline


16 posted on 05/13/2011 12:16:44 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: Meet the New Boss

If it were up to me, I wouldn’t talk to ANY media type.

THEY are not your friends.


17 posted on 05/13/2011 12:18:02 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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Why would AQ go after SEAL’s when they can go after the innocent and helpless?
The SEAL's may not be weak and helpless, but their loved ones are. These SEAL hunters are little better than enemy spies, and should be treated as such
18 posted on 05/13/2011 12:19:00 PM PDT by jmcenanly ( "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
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OPSEC is your friend...I know that the families receive OPSEC training as well, but they need more protection and care, they do not think OPSEC 24/7 like the SEALs do.


19 posted on 05/13/2011 12:23:22 PM PDT by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
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It’s a matter of time before the media gets duped by some clown claiming to be a SEAL team 6 member. Maybe that will shut them up.


20 posted on 05/13/2011 12:28:04 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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