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> Learn from a counterterrorism expert who was in the room when the word came in that Osama bin Laden was Killed In Action. There’s a very famous photo of Obam
by nativeit 2y ago
> Learn from a counterterrorism expert who was in the room when the word came in that Osama bin Laden was Killed In Action.
There’s a very famous photo of Obama, Biden, the Joint Chiefs, and National Security advisors in the White House Situation Room watching the raid unfold in real-time…but sure, I guess it’ll be pretty neat also to get the names of the folks working on the other side of town who got a phone call from someone on the staffs for one of the people in that photo.
- santoshalper 2y agoI'm guessing those people all declined the podcast invite.
- dgfitz 2y ago> There’s a very famous photo of Obama, Biden, the Joint Chiefs, and National Security advisors in the White House Situation Room watching the raid unfold in real-time… How convenient there was a photographer in the fucking situation room! Such a coincidence.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoThe WH photographer is always around taking pictures of whatever the president is doing; it's literally their fulltime job.
- stu2b50 2y agoFirst, there's an official position: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Official_White_House_Photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Official_White_House_Pho... Secondly, why would it be a coincidence? You don't think... the people in the situation room knew something, perhaps a situation, was happening at the time? Otherwise, why would they _be_ in the situation room? There's usually a situation going on.
- dgfitz 2y agoApologies for my ignorance. I didn’t think photographers were allowed into that room most of the time.