I Want to be Alone

It is an understatement to say that members of the US Special Operations community don't like publicity. Why? Because it can get them killed. Little details that are exposed can help hostile forces  plan how to foil a visit by US operators and there have been a bucket-load of details exposed from the bin Laden raid. We know that a new stealth helicopter was used, they had helmet-mounted cameras, the weapons used, on-the-ground tactics and that it was SEAL team #6 from Littlecreek Cove, Virginia that handled the job. Now the operators are saying "Enough is enough!"

US News & World Report says that the operators are concerned that the publicity is at the point of compromising their mission security and, in the case of SEAL team #6, even their families. These are brave and highly skilled men and we need to let them do what they do best by turning our collective (and admiring) gaze away. Tom Clancy wrote a book about the Special Operations community entitled Shadow Warriors. Indeed they are and for their sake and the safety of the United States it's time we let them fade back into the shadows where they do their work.

www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/05/13/seals-angry-at-attention-want-it-stopped