Obama's Patience Policies -- Information DisseminationWhen I first got this email, my instincts told me it was a fake. Then I started getting it from Navy folks who believed it was real. So I began investigating. Bill Gertz got a copy of the email too and did a follow up, and now we have extra information regarding the Maersk Alabama incident.
Among the reports disputed by Pentagon officials was a widely circulated Internet critique - purportedly from an anonymous source close to the SEAL community - saying Navy SEALs missed a chance to shoot the pirates on April 10 when Richard Phillips, the captain of the hijacked freighter, jumped out of a lifeboat where he was being held in a failed escape attempt.
However, military officials at the Pentagon involved in the operation said Navy SEAL snipers had not arrived on board the Bainbridge at that time and therefore could not have fired on the pirates.
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My Comment: Kudos for this post. We will probably know the entire story a few years from now, but from what has been outlined by Information Dissemination on what may have transpired does (from my point of view) make sense. I still have a few questions .... but I am also patient for the answers.