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2017-03-03 Home Front: Politix

General Mattis livid at reports disputing value of Yemen raid

[Washington Examiner] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is hopping mad about media reports disputing his assessment that the U.S. special operations raid in Yemen last month yielded "vital intelligence."

Aides say Mattis is particularly upset about an NBC News report suggesting that so far none of the intelligence gathered in the raid, which cost the life of Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, has proven to be either "actionable or vital."

"That is inaccurate," said a senior Pentagon official, who said while much of the intelligence is still being exploited, the cache of seized computers, cell phones, and hard drive has already produced leads as to where other al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula terrorists were located in Yemen, and their contacts.

The official said the raid was considered worth the risk of sending U.S. ground forces because AQAP has a history of plotting, inspiring, and exporting terror to America and the West, and because the U.S. has no military presence on the ground.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Don't make Sec Chaos angry. You won't like it when he's angry.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-03-03 10:31|| 2017-03-03 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 perhaps a few Obama REMFs need to lead the ground attack on Raqqa, alone?

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-03 10:44|| 2017-03-03 10:44|| Front Page Top

#3 The rot Obama seeded in government is everywhere, nowhere more that DOD, DOJ and the intel community. A good surgeon knows to cut deep to stop the gangrene. They need to be unemployed now!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2017-03-03 11:02|| 2017-03-03 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Trump has been saying the Media are lying (when it is provable). Media is now saying Trump's people are lying (when there is no way the Media would know one way or the other).

I'm not sure the media really gets how to get out of their hole in the public perception because they keep digging and will take their Democrat friends down with them.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-03-03 12:06|| 2017-03-03 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't make Sec Chaos angry. You won't like it when he's angry.

I hear he starts frothing at the mouth before he bites. :-)

Posted by gorb 2017-03-03 13:45|| 2017-03-03 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 A good surgeon knows to cut deep to stop the gangrene.

Well now that Carson is onboard...

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-03 18:29|| 2017-03-03 18:29|| Front Page Top

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