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Old 05-11-2015, 09:57 AM   #2
Lamplighter
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First, I was surprised that such a lengthy selection of a new book has been copied on line.
I expected to read up to some crucial point, and then have to buy the book for the denouement.
The middle segment, after the raid, gets pretty complicated.

But I usually am quite willing to believe the reporting of Seymour Hersh.
Although when the narrative gets along in time to weeks after the raid,
I tend to discount a lot of the self-aggrandizement of some of the players.

It seems quite believable to me that those involved with the torture at Gitmo would try
to say they learned something important about bin Laden from their "enhanced interrogation"

Likewise, the assault team's description of cutting bin Ladin in half with gunfire,
and gathering up his head and body parts sounds like "bar talk" to me.
Also there have been 2 books written by team members that are in conflict with one another.

So, all in all, I can accept the whole of Hersh's report as being the US government's
way of protecting the involvements of Pakistani's and others. Certainly what any other
President or government might say to protect the workings of secret agencies or agents.

But the last paragraph in this Review sounds to me as though it was written by
the book's Editor or Director of Marketing to increase publicity and make more sales.
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