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Retired Navy Seal who planned OBL raid on Trump
Posted on: February 24, 2017 at 10:03:57 CT
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A retired Navy Seal who planned and oversaw the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden has said Donald Trump’s attacks on the media are the “greatest threat to democracy” he has ever seen.
William H McRaven, who was commander of the secretive Joint Special Operations Command, was delegated responsibility for the dangerous mission targeting the al-Qaeda leader by the CIA in 2011.
He left the military in 2014 after nearly four decades and later became chancellor of the University of Texas. During a recent address to journalism students at the university, the admiral, who has a bachelor's degree in journalism, slammed Mr Trump's characterisation of the press as “the enemy of the American people”, to a crowd gathered at the university’s Moody College of Communication.
“We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people,” Mr McRaven said, according to the Daily Texan. “This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.”
“To be a good leader, you have to be a good communicator,” he added. “As a leader, you have to communicate your intent every chance you get, and if you fail to do that, you will pay the consequences.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-war-media-press-threat-democracy-navy-seal-osama-bin-laden-william-h-mcraven-operation-a7596856.html
William H McRaven, who was commander of the secretive Joint Special Operations Command, was delegated responsibility for the dangerous mission targeting the al-Qaeda leader by the CIA in 2011.
He left the military in 2014 after nearly four decades and later became chancellor of the University of Texas. During a recent address to journalism students at the university, the admiral, who has a bachelor's degree in journalism, slammed Mr Trump's characterisation of the press as “the enemy of the American people”, to a crowd gathered at the university’s Moody College of Communication.
“We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people,” Mr McRaven said, according to the Daily Texan. “This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.”
“To be a good leader, you have to be a good communicator,” he added. “As a leader, you have to communicate your intent every chance you get, and if you fail to do that, you will pay the consequences.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-war-media-press-threat-democracy-navy-seal-osama-bin-laden-william-h-mcraven-operation-a7596856.html
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