One of Rush’s sourced links seems to also credit Panetta;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/adm-william-mcraven-the-terrorist-hunter-on-whose-shoulders-osama-bin-laden-raid-rested/2011/05/04/AFsEv4rF_print.html
“On Friday, McRaven received the green light from Panetta to launch the raid at the earliest opportunity.”
I don’t understand why this site doesn’t like the White House Insider because it indicated long ago that Panetta made the decision.