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Email-ID 478051 Date 2011-05-09 03:07:19 From hehaven@verizon.net To service@stratfor.com, reply-b86e3d8f9f-c3539f6312-1df1@u.cts.vresp.com

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Can you confirm this story? Is it true or false?



Hugh Haven

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Subject: Fw: PANETTA ORDERED THE RAID????

Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 15:54:43 -0700

From: Joe W6UPN <w6upn@verizon.net>

To: Joe W6UPN <w6upn@verizon.net>









Date: Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:51 AM

Subject: PANETTA ORDERED THE RAID???? Now THIS is believable!



"What Valerie Jarrett, and the president, did not know is that Leon Panetta had already initiated a program

that reported to him -and only him, involving a covert on the ground attack against the compound."







Q: You stated that President Obama was "overruled" by military/intelligence officials regarding the decision

to send in military specialists into the Osama Bin Laden compound. Was that accurate?







A: I was told - in these exact terms, "we overruled him." (Obama) I have since followed up and received

further details on exactly what that meant, as well as the specifics of how Leon Panetta worked around the

president's "persistent hesitation to act." There appears NOT to have been an outright overruling of any

specific position by President Obama, simply because there was no specific position from the president to do

so. President Obama was, in this case, as in all others, working as an absentee president.







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(Notice that Panetta is NOT in the room)







This update comes some 24 hours after our longtime Washington D.C. Insider first outlined shocking details of

an Obama administration having been "overruled" by senior military and intelligence officials leading up to

the successful attack against terrorist Osama Bin Laden. What follows is further clarification of Insider's

insights surrounding that event.



I was correct in stating there had been a push to invade the compound for several weeks if not months,

primarily led by Leon Panetta, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, David Petraeus, and Jim Clapper. The primary

opposition to this plan originated from Valerie Jarrett, and it was her opposition that was enough to create

uncertainty within President Obama. Obama would meet with various components of the pro-invasion faction,

almost always with Jarrett present, and then often fail to indicate his position. This situation continued

for some time, though the division between Jarrett/Obama and the rest intensified more recently, most notably

from Hillary Clinton. She was livid over the president's failure to act, and her office began a campaign of

anonymous leaks to the media indicating such. As for Jarrett, her concern rested on two primary fronts.

One, that the military action could fail and harm the president's already weakened standing with both the

American public and the world. Second, that the attack would be viewed as an act of aggression against

Muslims, and further destabilize conditions in the Middle East.







Q: What changed the president's position and enabled the attack against Osama Bin Laden to proceed?







A: Nothing changed with the president's opinion - he continued to avoid having one. Every time military and

intelligence officials appeared to make progress in forming a position, Jarrett would intervene and the

stalling would begin again. Hillary started the ball really rolling as far as pressuring Obama began, but it

was Panetta and Petraeus who ultimately pushed Obama to finally act - sort of. Panetta was receiving

significant reports from both his direct CIA sources, as well as Petraeus-originating Intel. Petraeus was

threatening to act on his own via a bombing attack. Panetta reported back to the president that a bombing of

the compound would result in successful killing of Osama Bin Laden, and little risk to American lives.

Initially, as he had done before, the president indicated a willingness to act. But once again, Jarrett

intervened, convincing the president that innocent Pakistani lives could be lost in such a bombing attack,

and Obama would be left attempting to explain Panetta's failed policy. Again Obama hesitated - this time

openly delaying further meetings to discuss the issue with Panetta. A brief meeting was held at this time

with other officials, including Secretary Gates and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but Gates, like

Panetta, was unable to push the president to act. It was at this time that Gates indicated to certain

Pentagon officials that he may resign earlier than originally indicated - he was that frustrated. Both

Panetta and Clinton convinced him to stay on and see the operation through.







What happened from there is what was described by me as a "masterful manipulation" by Leon Panetta. Panetta

indicated to Obama that leaks regarding knowledge of Osama Bin Laden's location were certain to get out

sooner rather than later, and action must be taken by the administration or the public backlash to the

president's inaction would be "...significant to the point of political debilitation." It was at that time

that Obama stated an on-ground campaign would be far more acceptable to him than a bombing raid. This was

intended as a stalling tactic, and it had originated from Jarrett. Such a campaign would take both time, and

present a far greater risk of failure. The president had been instructed by Jarrett to inform Mr., Panetta

that he would have sole discretion to act against the Osama Bin Laden compound. Jarrett believed this would

further delay Panetta from acting, as the responsibility for failure would then fall almost entirely on him.

What Valerie Jarrett, and the president, did not know is that Leon Panetta had already initiated a program

that reported to him -and only him, involving a covert on the ground attack against the compound. Basically,

the whole damn operation was already ready to go - including the specific team support Intel necessary to

engage the enemy within hours of being given notice. Panetta then made plans to proceed with an on-ground

assault. This information reached either Hillary Clinton or Robert Gates first (likely via military contacts

directly associated with the impending mission) who then informed the other. Those two then met with

Panetta, who informed each of them he had been given the authority by the president to proceed with a mission

if the opportunity presented itself. Both Gates and Clinton warned Panetta of the implications of that

authority - namely he was possibly being made into a scapegoat. Panetta admitted that possibility, but felt

the opportunity to get Bin Laden outweighed that risk. During that meeting, Hillary Clinton was first to

pledge her full support for Panetta, indicating she would defend him if necessary. Similar support was then

followed by Gates. The following day, and with Panetta's permission, Clinton met in private with Bill Daley

and urged him to get the president's full and open approval of the Panetta plan. Daley agreed such approval

would be of great benefit to the action, and instructed Clinton to delay proceeding until he had secured that

approval. Daley contacted Clinton within hours of their meeting indicating Jarrett refused to allow the

president to give that approval. Daley then informed Clinton that he too would fully support Panetta in his

actions, even if it meant disclosing the president's indecision to the American public should that action

fail to produce a successful conclusion. Clinton took that message back to Panetta and the CIA director

initiated the 48 hour engagement order. At this point, the President of the United States was not informed

of the engagement order - it did not originate from him, and for several hours after the order had been given

and the special ops forces were preparing for action into Pakistan from their position in Afghanistan, Daley

successfully kept Obama and Jarrett insulated from that order.







This insulation ended at some point with an abort order that I believe originated from Valerie Jarrett's

office, and was then followed up by President Obama. This abort order was later explained as a delay due to

weather conditions, but the actual conditions at that time would have been acceptable for the mission. A

storm system had been in the area earlier, but was no longer an issue. Check the data yourself to confirm.

Jarrett, having been caught off guard, was now scrambling to determine who had initiated the plan. She was

furious, repeating the acronym "CoC" and saying it was not being followed. This is where Bill Daley

intervened. The particulars of that intervention are not clear to me beyond knowing he did meet with Jarrett

in his office and following that meeting, Valerie Jarrett was not seen in the West Wing for some time, and

apparently no longer offered up any resistance to the Osama Bin Laden mission. What did follow from there

was one or more brief meetings between Bill Daley, Hillary Clinton, a representative from Robert Gates'

office, a representative from Leon Panetta's office, and a representative from Jim Clapper's office. I have

to assume that these meetings were in essence, detailing the move to proceed with the operation against the

Osama Bin Laden compound. I have been told by more than one source that Leon Panetta was directing the

operation with both his own CIA operatives, as well as direct contacts with military - both entities were

reporting to Panetta only at this point, and not the President of the United States. There was not going to

be another delay as had happened 24 hour earlier. The operation at this point, was in effect, unknown to

President Barack Obama or Valerie Jarrett and it remained that way until AFTER it was already underway.

President Obama was literally pulled from a golf outing and escorted back to the White House to be informed

of the mission. Upon his arrival there was a briefing held which included Bill Daley, John Brennan, and a

high ranking member of the military. When Obama emerged from the briefing, he was described as looking "very

confused and uncertain." The president was then placed in the "situation room" where several of the players

in this event had already been watching the operation unfold. Another interesting tidbit regarding this is

that the Vice President was already "up to speed" on the operation. A source indicated they believe Hillary

Clinton had personally made certain the Vice President was made aware of that day's events before the

president was. The now famous photo released shows the particulars of that of that room and its occupants.

What that photo does not communicate directly is that the military personnel present in that room during the

operation unfolding, deferred to either Hillary Clinton or Robert Gates. The president's role was minimal,

including their acknowledging of his presence in the room.







At the conclusion of the mission, after it had been repeatedly confirmed a success, President Obama was once

again briefed behind closed doors. The only ones who went in that room besides the president were Bill

Daley. John Brennan, and a third individual whose identity remains unknown to me. When leaving this

briefing, the president came out of it "...much more confident. Much more certain of himself." He was also

carrying papers in his hand that quite possibly was the address to the nation given later that evening on the

Bin Laden mission. The president did not have those papers with him prior to that briefing. The president

then returned to the war room, where by this time, Leon Panetta had personally arrived and was receiving

congratulations from all who were present.







In my initial communication to you of these events I described what unfolded as a temporary Coup initiated by

high ranking intelligence and military officials. I stand by that term. These figures worked around the

uncertainty of President Obama and the repeated resistance of Valerie Jarrett. If they had not been willing

to do so, I am certain Osama Bin Laden would still be alive today. There will be no punishment to those who

acted outside the authority of the president's office. The president cannot afford to admit such a fact.

What will be most interesting from here is to now see what becomes of Valerie Jarrett. One source indicated

she is threatening resignation. I find that unlikely given my strong belief she needs the protection

afforded her by the Oval Office and its immense powers to delay and eventually terminate investigations back

in Chicago, but we shall see.



HERE'S THE LINK:



http://socyberty.com/issues/white-house-insider-obama-hesitated-panetta-issued-order-to-kill-osama-bin-laden/



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