Regarding not informing Pakistan of the operation, Obama said...

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Mon May-09-11 11:36 PM
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Regarding not informing Pakistan of the operation, Obama said...

"I didn't tell most people here in the White House. I didn't tell my own family. It was that important for us to maintain operational security... If I'm not revealing to some of my closest aides what we're doing then I sure as heck am not going to be revealing it to folks who I don't know."

From the 60 Minutes interview.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/08/obama-60-minutes-interview-bin-laden_n_859178.html

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Mon May-09-11 11:44 PM
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1. So we gave them $14 billion for aiding and abetting bin Laden

Edited on Mon May-09-11 11:46 PM by somone

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Mon May-09-11 11:49 PM
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2. Username is perfect for this OP

Pakistan should STFU about this if they don't want us going public with what everybody already knows: If we'd told Pakistan, they would have warned al Qaeda, just like they've been doing since 2005 at least.

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Mon May-09-11 11:55 PM
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3. Pakistan is anything but politically united

Anybody claiming to speak for all Pakistan should be viewed with suspicion. The ISI may be aligned with some factions of the rest of the government - or not.

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