Woodward: WH May Have Released Too Much Info By ‘Patting Itself On The Back’ Over Bin Laden

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by Matt Schneider | 9:15 am, May 19th, 2011

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While some believe that the Obama administration has not released enough information about the killing of Osama bin Laden, Bob Woodward appeared on Morning Joe, and agreed with Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who warned yesterday that there has been a release of too many details already.

Mullen warned, “this fight isn’t over. From my perspective, it is time to stop talking. We have talked far too much about this.” Woodward agreed and offered his suggestion regarding who Mullen was most likely addressing those comments to:

“The place that was talking the most was the White House. You had press conferences . . . what the government wants to do is pat itself on the back. This is clearly an important and positive moment for Obama, for the intelligence agencies and for the military, but you get up to a line where you could cut off – and the Admiral is right – some of the capabilities are limited.”

Pat Buchanan also agreed, stating that it was Obama’s top officials, from that famous picture monitoring the Bin Laden raid, who were running around within 48 hours talking about the incident. Woodward also disclosed that many in the intelligence community wanted the announcement of Bin Laden’s death to be delayed a few days, in order to acquire even more intelligence while members of Al Qaeda could have still thought Bin Laden was alive.

Watch the clip from MSNBC below:

Bob Woodward, morning joe, Osama bin Laden, President Obama

BatBoy

May have??????????/

What is the WH thinking, that is Woodwards job!
The Lantern of Truth

SEAL Team sure got Baracked .
Liberal Tormentor

The word DUH comes to mind.
Barack Must Go

Woodward: WH May Have Released Too Much Info By ‘Patting Itself On The Back’ Over Bin Laden.

Obama ‘ Sucked His Own _____ On National TV ‘ , not pat himself on the back jackass.

Why is it whenever the first black, racist, ” Affimative Action ” president f**ks up left wing bomb throwers in the MSM always blame the ” White House “, not the ” Affirmati………….oh never mind.
The Lantern of Truth

Maybe the White House should have picked a better name for the raid .

Operation Blabbermouth wasn’t the best choice .
Liberal Tormentor

Hehe, Lantern is on a roll early today!
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Of course those demanding release of the picture didn’t help matters. I do think prudence would have dictated that the Administration simply say “he’s dead”. The conspiracy theorists, like Michelle-in-Utah, be damned. We can’t cater to the psychologically unbalanced and emotionally unhinged. When the Administration did this, it erred.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

The Lantern of Truth said:
SEAL Team sure got Baracked .

Liberal Tormentor said:
The word DUH comes to mind.

Actually, the better phrase is “Osama Got Obama’d!” but I know this foreign policy success upsets the two of you greatly. In your minds, better that Osama be alive to kill more Americans than you have to acknowledge our President was successful. In electrical design, there is a type of wiring called a “twisted pair”. Works well for the two of you.

I’ll send sympathy cards for your loss.
tatboy

“Woodward: WH May Have Released Too Much Info By ‘Patting Itself On The Back’ Over Bin Laden”

NO $HIT!!!
Pablo

Pat Buchanan also agreed, stating that it was Obama’s top officials, from that famous picture monitoring the Bin Laden raid, who were running around within 48 hours talking about the incident.

Gates has it pegged at about 15 hours, and along with JCOS Mullen really wishes everyone would just STFU about the details. But alas, it’s campaign season, and there’s not much else to trumpet, so our Special Operators are going to have to take a back seat and maybe take one for the team.
Pablo

THE REAL RABID KOOK said:
Of course those demanding release of the picture didn’t help matters.

How’s that, Kook?
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Pablo said:
How’s that, Kook?

Self-evident, my fried, self-evident ….
THE REAL ROYAL KING

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Self-evident, my fried, self-evident ….

Sorry. I live in Texas. We fry everything that we don’t burn on the grill.
Liberal Tormentor

Um Royal Dimwit, I NEVER demanded the release of the photos. In fact, I said I didn’t have any desire to see them. Just more lies from you.
Liberal Tormentor

Actually, the better phrase is “Osama Got Obama to come off the golf course for a few minutes to do his job.
Jaurez

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Self-evident, my fried, self-evident ….

Uh, you have no friends. That’s become patently obvious. Well, cept maybe johnt and skippy. LOL!
Liberal Tormentor

Don’t forget BFD. They bond over their hatred and rage.
Jaurez

Liberal Tormentor said:
Don’t forget BFD. They bond over their hatred and rage.

bfdummie is also skippy
Liberal Tormentor

Well that explains alot.
lane

BatBoy said:
May have??????????/

What is the WH thinking, that is Woodwards job!

Sadly, Woodward is much more careful and methodical about what details he reveals in his books written months and years later than the White House press office was about the Bin Laden mission. That is truly sad. When both Mullen and Gates are this vocal, it’s the adults telling the children to ‘cut it out’.

We all knew there was TMI on this, and let’s hope this ends it.
Mas Liberty5

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
ctually, the better phrase is “Osama Got Obama’d!” but I know this foreign policy success upsets the two of you greatly.

Obama didn’t get anyone. It was the warriors of NSW DevGru that risked their lives to kill this man. Personally I would have liked to see him detained, as opposed to assassinated just like Saddam but governments will do what governments will do.
Snidely

If there is a single military or intelligence professional in the inner circle of the Obama administration, he or she is kept in a cage where that person won’t come between BHO and his single priority, being re-elected.
In an administration which knew what it was doing, nobody without a need-to-know would ever have learned about the mission for months or years, until every bit of information gleaned from it had been exploited TO MAKE THE USA SAFER FROM TERRORISM. In the event, President Obama used it as political fodder, and in so doing has endangered the lives of countless Americans, from the Navy SEALs who carried it out to anyone anywhere to whom the Al Qaida terror network has access. This is a perfect example why electing a community organizer to head the USA was and is a bad idea.
CAconservative

Thank God Obimbo doesn’t wear lipstick because, if he did there’d be lipstick all over his butt.