Navy SEALs families in danger from leaks?

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Who's the idiot that released that information? It sounds like a total failure of security. Someone should be held responsible. I think that even embedded journalists with regular military is a bad idea.
 
sallylou said:
If you don't know how their identity was revealed, just say so.

Yes, I say that about terrorism to everyone. I also say something similar to people who are afraid to go out of their neighborhood because of crime.
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That's not the same thing. Do you really expect undercover police to infiltrate gangs and other criminal groups by making themselves known?

Do you remember the stink about this identity revelation?

Key Players in the Plame Affair - washingtonpost.com
 
I don't get it... how can you say that there's no mission if bin Laden was killed and the mission partially failed with original plan (helicopter went down) and the media will find out by investigating how it was executed.

No one knows who they are. And I don't expect their identities to be known.
 
sallylou said:
Who's the idiot that released that information? It sounds like a total failure of security. Someone should be held responsible. I think that even embedded journalists with regular military is a bad idea.
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It was someone who was present in the situation room.

Remember when embedded journalist Geraldo Rivera drew a map in the sand showing where his unit was headed and what they were going to do? Yikes!
 
You're confusing two issues. First, the identities of undercover people should not be revealed and consequences should exist for doing it. That should have applied to Valerie Plame too but that's a different thread. It someone is "outed" then the government should protect him/her.

Second, a completely different issue, all Americans should not let the terrorists win by giving them power over our lives. The second issue is more about our American attitude. And it has nothing to do with undercover people at all. We all have to adjust to a new reality.

Now that I've clarified that, I must get some rest.
 
I knew that the freaking situation room was a bad idea.

Geraldo is crazy. Recently, he went to Egypt and just about got shot by the rebels.
 
netrox said:
I don't get it... how can you say that there's no mission if bin Laden was killed and the mission partially failed with original plan (helicopter went down) and the media will find out by investigating how it was executed.

No one knows who they are. And I don't expect their identities to be known.
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There was a mission, and it was a success. Leaking information about the conduct of the mission can jeopardize future missions.

I hope the media won't find out. If people keep quiet, they shouldn't find out.
 
sallylou said:
I knew that the freaking situation room was a bad idea.

Geraldo is crazy. Recently, he went to Egypt and just about got shot by the rebels.
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Yeah, I remember that! (I think it was Libya.) He's hard to keep up with. :lol:
 
Reba said:
There was a mission, and it was a success. Leaking information about the conduct of the mission can jeopardize future missions.

I hope the media won't find out. If people keep quiet, they shouldn't find out.
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I don't understand. Explain how the "conduct" could jeopardize the future missions? We already know a lot of missions in the past. How can we possibly not know if something happened and say, "there was no mission!"

I sure hope no identity is revealed and those who do should be accountable for it.
 
sallylou said:
You're confusing two issues. First, the identities of undercover people should not be revealed and consequences should exist for doing it. That should have applied to Valerie Plame too but that's a different thread. It someone is "outed" then the government should protect him/her.

Second, a completely different issue, all Americans should not let the terrorists win by giving them power over our lives. The second issue is more about our American attitude. And it has nothing to do with undercover people at all. We all have to adjust to a new reality.

Now that I've clarified that, I must get some rest.
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My bad. I thought you were referring to the SEALs and their families, not to Americans in general.
 
netrox said:
I don't understand. Explain how the "conduct" could jeopardize the future missions? We already know a lot of missions in the past. How can we possibly not know if something happened and say, "there was no mission!"

I sure hope no identity is revealed and those who do should be accountable for it.
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This is an ongoing war, and there are still a lot of the leaders and contacts that we want to catch. If they know how we go about catching them, they can take measures to avoid capture.

Normally all mission related information is kept classified until all uses for the information have expired.
 
Glad to see people here actually condoned the assassination of OBL. Good riddance.
 
kokonut said:
Glad to see people here actually condoned the assassination of OBL. Good riddance.
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Let's stay on topic please. :)

The topic is how leaking mission information can endanger the SEALS, their families, and the success of future missions.
 
The leaks have to stop. Who released the information about the porn that was found in the compound? Why was that necessary?

No more information from the raid should be released until all the data has been analyzed and put to use in the form of successful follow-up missions. Even then, it shouldn't be released without great care. To do so would be reckless.
 
kokonut said:
Glad to see people here actually condoned the assassination of OBL. Good riddance.
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I considered this a military operation. OBL was a target of the operation, just a different uniform.

Sorry for the hijacking...:topic:
 
Reba said:
The leaks have to stop. Who released the information about the porn that was found in the compound? Why was that necessary?

No more information from the raid should be released until all the data has been analyzed and put to use in the form of successful follow-up missions. Even then, it shouldn't be released without great care. To do so would be reckless.
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Similar to toothpaste, the trouble with leaks of this nature is that you cannot go back and stuff the information back in the tube. Those families have every right to expect privacy. They also have reason to fear retaliation. Someone deserves to be called on the carpet here.
 
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Given the nature of the operation, I am sure the press would had figured out it was SEAL Team Six with or without the leak. I had a hunch it was DEVGRU when the news of a copter assault in Pakistan was highlighted.



There are other Tier One counterterrorist forces, like DELTA and JTF2, yes; but the ballsy nature of the operation haven't been seen since the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Yes, I am aware DELTA spearheaded the operation in Iran, but the M.O. of this operation didn't fit any historical information about the Delta Force.
 
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I've had this concern since the beginning. This is all because of Internet. Information flowed fast around the world in seconds. People are hunger for details otherwise people will get furious and doubt/accuse everything. Looks like we have become "pix or it didn't happen" generation.

I groaned when there was just too much details released on daily basis since mission. Obama Administration dropped a ball on this one. A bad one. This is another Valerie Plume mess.
 
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