News you may have missed #506 (bin Laden edition)
May 9, 2011 1 Comment
- Terror data key to fight, experts say. Article by Boston Herald staff writer Marie Szaniszlo, which includes quotes by intelNews‘ own Joseph Fitsanakis, and Executive Action CEO Neil Livingstone.
- US Navy SEALs did not bring tape measure. The heavily armed, electronically wired SEALs didn’t come with a tape measure to get an accurate height reading of Osama bin Laden. According to reports, a Navy SEAL of about 6-feet laid out next to bin Laden’s corpse to gauge the al-Qaeda leader’s height. The corpse was “several inches taller”.
- Analysis: CIA takes a victory lap after Bin Laden raid. The CIA, battered by years of setbacks and criticism, is relishing a rare public triumph after tracking down Osama bin Laden in his hideout deep inside Pakistan.
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Navy SEALs forgot to bring a tape measure
“The odds that Osama bin Laden was the mysterious figure seen walking around the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan were estimated by U.S. intelligence at between 60 and 80 percent. When the Navy SEALs shot the tall figure on the upper floor of the compound, fatally hitting him in the chest and near his right eye, the next step was to get a positive ID.”
Back in the old days you got positive ID before you murdered someone!