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Getting at-this-point? i think everyone around that table realized that we were reaching a point where most important decision of the president of the united statesy it to that point of his presidency was about to be made. chris: he briefs president on option of special forces. seals and rangers on helicopters, fly for an hour, get off helicopter, put patrol to objective, you lockdown on the target, you call the bad guy out. president looks at mccraven, said, bill can you pull this off. i said, sir, i don t know, i won t know until i bring seal operators in and helicopter pilots in and we ....
Military. it had been tightly held at presidential level, they kept it close until my recollection was january. there was going to be a military component or a possibility at that point. chris: admiral michael mullen was chairman joint chiefs of staff, brought in with defense secretary gates and mcbraveen. he wrote the book on these kind kinds of raises. it was larger than compounds that we hit. but this is when we do. there is no question, if you are looking for best guy to put the plans together it was bill mccraven. chris: you have the big meeting with everyone on february 25, at cia headquarters. it pretty much came down ....
it had been tightly held at presidential level, they kept it close until my recollection was january. there was going to be a military component or a possibility at that point. chris: admiral michael mullen was chairman joint chiefs of staff, brought in with defense secretary gates and mcbraveen. he wrote the book on these kind kinds of raises. it was larger than compounds that we hit. but this is when we do. there is no question, if you are looking for best guy to put the plans together it was bill mccraven. chris: you have the big meeting with everyone on february 25, at cia headquarters. it pretty much came down ....
Getting at-this-point? i think everyone around that table realized that we were reaching a point where most important decision of the president of the united statesy it to that point of his presidency was about to be made. chris: he briefs president on option of special forces. seals and rangers on helicopters, fly for an hour, get off helicopter, put patrol to objective, you lockdown on the target, you call the bad guy out. president looks at mccraven, said, bill can you pull this off. i said, sir, i don t know, i won t know until i bring seal operators in and helicopter pilots in and we rehearse it and find out ....