U.S. Senator Hints That There Was A Presidential Executive Order To Kill Osama Bin Laden

Photo: U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., vice-chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Jason Getz / jgetz@ajc.com

Saxby Chambliss: First Shot At Osama Bin Laden Was A Miss -- AJC

Moments before he died, Osama bin Laden may have gotten a brief glimpse of what was headed his way – as a bullet whizzed by his head.

U.S. commandos missed with their first shot at the world’s most wanted man poked his head out of a third-floor room in his fortress, according to U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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My Comment: The key phrase from U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss is the following ....

.... ”I hope they went in with the idea of killing him, not capturing him. We needed to take this guy out. And I know that’s what the executive order said.

If true .... such an executive order is illegal according to U.S. law. But what is my take .... on this case I am willing to turn a blind eye and give President Obama a well deserve pass.