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The nation's top special operations commander ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout to be purged from Defense Department computers and sent to the CIA, where they could be more easily shielded from ever being made public.
The secret move, described briefly in a draft report by the Pentagon's inspector general, set off no alarms within the Obama administration even though it appears to have sidestepped federal rules and perhaps also the Freedom of Information Act.
No new audio or video recordings of Bin Laden have been released so it gives credence to the official statement.
If Bin Laden didn't die, Bin Laden would have released something fast to tell the world that he was still alive.
Originally posted by HauntWok
They aren't destroying the information, it's being moved to the CIA for storage.
But, other than that, yea, this is a dirty move. FOIA should be allowed on this incident. I know that some doubt that Bin Laden has been killed as the administration said. No new audio or video recordings of Bin Laden have been released so it gives credence to the official statement.
If Bin Laden didn't die, Bin Laden would have released something fast to tell the world that he was still alive. Doing that would have broken all faith in the war on terror and shattered confidence in the USA.
But yes, it's a dirty move, there is something that doesn't sound right about the whole thing. One of the greatest victories in the war on terror is being hidden from public eyes.
My guess is that Bin Laden tried to surrender, but that wasn't going to happen because Bin Laden being captured would have led to an ICC trial where he may have implicated the United States in the 9/11 plan.
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
As for what Bin Laden would have done if he wasn't killed in the raid, chances are very good that he died long before this. I've long suspected that some of the past Bin Laden tapes were manufactured by the CIA or some other US agency, in order to keep the boogey man alive and thus continue use to fear to influence the electorate.and to justify the continuing of the war on terror. Benezir Bhutto said in an interview that he died years ago and she has since been assassinated.
Originally posted by SloAnPainful
reply to post by neo96
Some people don't even believe he was a real person. A created personality for the CIA to have a scapegoat... Plus it makes the "war on terror" more believeable...
*Tinfoil hat on*
-SAP-
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
There's nothing particularly strange about any organization moving records to more secure storage.
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
There's nothing particularly strange about any organization moving records to more secure storage.
it is when it is the Pentagon doing so and moving them all outside of the Pentagon's jurisdiction. The SEALs are part of the Pentagon. They are not a branch of the CIA. The records of missions involving them should remain in the Pentagon.
Are you then saying that all US government records should be moved over to the CIA and all other copies purged in order to better protect them? -- and I by protect, I mean protect from ever being viewed publically.
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
There's nothing particularly strange about any organization moving records to more secure storage.
it is when it is the Pentagon doing so and moving them all outside of the Pentagon's jurisdiction. The SEALs are part of the Pentagon. They are not a branch of the CIA. The records of missions involving them should remain in the Pentagon.
Are you then saying that all US government records should be moved over to the CIA and all other copies purged in order to better protect them? -- and I by protect, I mean protect from ever being viewed publically.
Originally posted by wills120
Personally, I think the data was moved to protect it from possible whistleblowers within the Pentagon....