Three probes opened into raid that killed SEAL
WASHINGTON — The military is conducting at least three reviews of the raid in Yemen last month that resulted in the first death of a U.S. service member in the Trump administration, according to the White House and Pentagon.
Chief Special Warfare officer William "Ryan" Owens died in the commando raid in Yemen that targeted the al-Qaeda terrorist network. His father on Sunday called on the White House for a probe into his son's death. The operation also resulted in several civilian casualties, including an 8-year-old girl, and the crash landing and destruction of a $90 million warplane.
Owens’ death, the civilian casualties from the raid and the loss of the tilt-rotor Osprey plane triggered separate reviews by the military, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Monday. Each review is ongoing, said Christopher Sherwood, a Pentagon spokesman. Owen's loss is subject to a full-blown military investigation, while assessments of the civilian casualties and crashed plane may lead to investigations, Sherwood said.
The Jan. 29 operation instantly became politically charged: the White House pointed to intelligence scooped up during the raid and declared it a success, while Sen. John McCain, the Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee, after a classified briefing characterized it as a failure for Owens’ death and flawed planning for the mission.
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