MAN IN CHARGE: Navy admiral William McRaven spoke to Newsnight last night
The Independent: Osama Bin Laden could 'absolutely' have been captured alive, says US military commander
Former special operations commander says Seals made 'right decision'.
The American military commander in charge of the special operations raid that killed Osama bin Laden has said the al-Qaeda founder could “absolutely” have been captured alive.
Admiral William McRaven, the former head of the US Special Operations Command, insisted Seal Team Six’s assault on the compound where the terrorist lived with his family in Pakistan was not a “kill only” mission.
He told the BBC’s Newsnight programme that the 2011 mission went “pretty much as we planned it” with the exception of a helicopter that was destroyed by American forces after clipping the compound’s walls during landing.
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WNU Editor: It would have been preferable if he was captured alive .... but risking the lives of the Navy SEALs involved in the operation was (and is) not acceptable. In the end .... from what I know through the public remarks of the men who were involved in the operation .... it was the right call.
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