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Goodie. Let’s make their families targets too.
Panetta “never intended not to release the names,” Lapan said, explaining that a delay in their release was the result of a request from military commanders in the Special Operations community who wanted to review the policy of releasing names “because of possible (security) implications
Panetta always intended to release the names.
Security implications be damned.
Request to be added to list, pls...
we can't trust the military anymore either......they are paycheck and rank motivated and whatever it takes, they'll do...
Is this for the purpose of providing gloating rights and pin-ups for jihadis? I can understand wanting Bin Laden’s killers to get their due respect from the American public, but I question the wisdom. Moreover, as Karl Rove noted yesterday, this administration was foolish to immediately announce the death of Bin Laden so soon after his elimination, likely missing an opportunity to exploit some of the information gathered in the raid before it was widely known to be compromised. They further erred by providing the world with the idenity of Seal Team Six - ensuring their targeting and a PR victory for the enemy in the event of a successful attack or accident.
Why not just have the Franklin Mint make collector’s plates to sell in the Middle East, to recoup the cost of the lost helicopter? /s
I think this puts every family member in jeopardy.
This is foolish at best & treasonous at worst.
The law? Since when has it become LAW? Panetta is a progressive Clintonite but I always thought he had a little class.
WHO leaked the names to the media already?
not only did they serve our boys up for retribution, now they want to release the info so their families will be attacked??
WTF is that about? since when is this SOP??
if anything happens to those families, the admin will be held responsible for needlessly and recklessly endangering them
seriously, WTF
I don’t think this is a good idea.
Their families could become targets
Not only is this an act of treason but the act is an attempt to discourage future enlistment of Special Ops, if they think their names and family will be revealed and betrayed by their own country. Leon Panetta is a domestic enemy of the USA and is in a rank waaay to high.
Interesting that we will give the enemy these names but wouldn’t release a photo of Bin Laden so we wouldn’t offend them.
Very surprised the photo hasn’t leaked by now anyway. Figured Biden would put it on his July 4th part invites or something.
according to my congress critters office, bill young, the families have released the information ... and young’s office has nothing more to say about it (except to get very insistent on having your full name & address... which i haven’t willfully given in years)
is anyone able to confirm that the families willfully advertised the information? were they informed how dangerous releasing such information would be?
how about the news agencies?
seriously, the last thing our operatives should have to worry about while in the field should be their families... let along retribution for actions committed on behalf of the US govt
Compare this to the Valerie-Plame-Blame-Game story. We have now ACTUALLY put some people at risk.
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