BREAKING LIVE BLOG: Did Pres Obama lie about taking out Osama Bin Laden
For the last 8 hours, the world has been buzzing with shocking allegations from the famous journalist, Seymour Hersh, that President Obama lied about the details surrounding the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan a few years ago. **The article makes the case that U.S. forces essentially murdered an already captive Osama. The White House is now denying the story, see below. One has to wonder if these new accusations from Hersh are just more disinformation–it’s not like the original story was very believable. In case you missed the video interview on the subject. Here’s the background:
UPDATE: White House National Security Council, Ned Price is officially denying the accusation: “The The notion that the operation that killed Usama Bin Ladin was anything but a unilateral U.S. mission is patently false.”
It’s humorous for a Fed official to use the word “patently” in regards to this affair. The whole story reeks of secrecy and propaganda–there is no body…just a movie! Nothing is “patently” anything about this story!
‘Of course the guys knew the target was bin Laden and he was there under Pakistani control,’ the retired official said. ‘Otherwise, they would not have done the mission without air cover. It was clearly and absolutely a premeditated murder.’ A former Seal commander, who has led and participated in dozens of similar missions over the past decade, assured me that ‘we were not going to keep bin Laden alive – to allow the terrorist to live. By law, we know what we’re doing inside Pakistan is a homicide. We’ve come to grips with that. Each one of us, when we do these missions, say to ourselves, “Let’s face it. We’re going to commit a murder.”’ The White House’s initial account claimed that bin Laden had been brandishing a weapon; the story was aimed at deflecting those who questioned the legality of the US administration’s targeted assassination programme. The US has consistently maintained, despite widely reported remarks by people involved with the mission, that bin Laden would have been taken alive if he had immediately surrendered.
Extensive analysis from Zerohedge: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-10/seymour-hersh-obamas-entire-account-bin-ladens-death-one-big-lie-what-really-happene
Live Blog:
In 2011, author reported the essentials of Hersh's bin Laden story – with seemingly different sources. http://t.co/HigxNicse4
— The Intercept (@the_intercept) May 11, 2015
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