05-02-2016, 10:31 PM
The CNN anniversary special was pretty interesting. There were interviews with Obama, Clinton, Brennan, the Special Ops leader...
I didn't hear anything about the decision not to release photos of Bin Laden dead though (if it was addressed, I missed it).
Back in February, a large batch of Hillary Clinton's emails was released. One of them was yet another piece of advice from Sidney Blumenthal, a member of Bill Clinton's former administration. This time, the advice was about how to handle conspiracy theories circulating that bin Laden was not actually dead.
In the email, Blumenthal suggested that the Administration show the photos of Bin Laden to members of Congress. Here was his reasoning (emphasis added):
“Having the members file through will provide testimony to the President’s feat. They will be not only be acknowledging but also enhancing his power. They will in effect become liegemen bowing before him, but not in any way they will resent or will protest. They will serve as witnesses to the magnitude of what he has done.
Having the whole Congress see the photos would have these likely impacts as well: The far right wing Tea Party Republicans would by their mere presence admit to the President’s status above them and to his effectiveness.”
Blumenthal sent the memo to Clinton on May 5, 2011. Reporting by CNN several days later shows that some members of Congress did in fact view the photos of bin Laden.
REF: http://www.ijreview.com/2016/02/538220-h...th-photos/
I didn't hear anything about the decision not to release photos of Bin Laden dead though (if it was addressed, I missed it).
Back in February, a large batch of Hillary Clinton's emails was released. One of them was yet another piece of advice from Sidney Blumenthal, a member of Bill Clinton's former administration. This time, the advice was about how to handle conspiracy theories circulating that bin Laden was not actually dead.
In the email, Blumenthal suggested that the Administration show the photos of Bin Laden to members of Congress. Here was his reasoning (emphasis added):
“Having the members file through will provide testimony to the President’s feat. They will be not only be acknowledging but also enhancing his power. They will in effect become liegemen bowing before him, but not in any way they will resent or will protest. They will serve as witnesses to the magnitude of what he has done.
Having the whole Congress see the photos would have these likely impacts as well: The far right wing Tea Party Republicans would by their mere presence admit to the President’s status above them and to his effectiveness.”
Blumenthal sent the memo to Clinton on May 5, 2011. Reporting by CNN several days later shows that some members of Congress did in fact view the photos of bin Laden.
REF: http://www.ijreview.com/2016/02/538220-h...th-photos/