“The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win and cheat if necessary.”
Some missions and the details should never come out.
Let’s face it. Announcing the death of OBL turns him into a martyr for the cause. No matter what. It does...OBL is a martyr, telling the world he was unarmed, killed in front of his daughter, etc. Instant martyrdom with or without a body.
We went years thinking he was killed in some bombed cave in the mountains.
Operation should have remained secret...completely secret.
Let the Pakistani press ponder who or what was in that compound...
The "how" isn't nearly as important as the "why".