Raid on Yemen that left Navy SEAL dead yielded NO significant intelligence, U.S. officials tell NBC

[kpete]

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EXCLUSIVE NEWS FEB 28 2017, 2:50 AM ET
Yemen SEAL Raid Has Yielded No Significant Intelligence: Officials
by CYNTHIA MCFADDEN, WILLIAM M. ARKIN and KEN DILANIAN


Last month's deadly commando raid in Yemen, which cost the lives of a U.S. Navy SEAL and a number of children, has so far yielded no significant intelligence, U.S. officials told NBC News.

Although Pentagon officials have said the raid produced "actionable intelligence," senior officials who spoke to NBC News said they were unaware of any, even as the father of the dead SEAL questioned the premise of the raid in an interview with the Miami Herald published Sunday.

"Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn't even barely a week into [President Trump's] administration?" Bill Owens, whose youngest son Ryan was killed during the raid, said. "For two years prior ... everything was missiles and drones (in Yemen)....Now all of a sudden we had to make this grand display?"

A senior Congressional official briefed on the matter said the Trump administration has yet to explain what prompted the rare use of American ground troops in Yemen, but he said he was not aware of any new threat from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the al Qaeda affiliate that was targeted.


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/yemen-seal-raid-yielded-no-significant-intelligence-say-officials-n726451?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[HoneyBadger]

1. We should not be killing 8 year old American girls

[Docreed2003]

2. Amazing, really, how willing the GOP is to sweep this debacle under the rug...

If President Obama had ordered this raid with similar outcomes, you can bet your ass "Articles of Impeachment" would have been drawn up before the weekend was over!

[oasis]

3. Failed missions are understandable. WH lies about all bad news.

1 dead and 6 wounded U.S. Service members/ almost half of the 27 civilian dead were children. Toss in the loss of a 75 million dollar aircraft.

The American public deserves the truth.

I suspect Trump sought to emulate Obama's Osama Bin Ladin raid, but fell flat on his face.