uh oh! Did Brian Williams embed with SEAL Team 6?

[spanone]

(CNN)Embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams may have some more explaining to do.

On May 3, 2011, just two days after the daring U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, Williams said on his NBC News show, "Now, people might be hearing about SEAL Team 6. I happen to have the great honor of flying into Baghdad with them at the start of the war."

With this statement Williams asserted that he was embedded with one of the most covert units in the U.S. military and flew with the SEALs into Iraq in March 2003 as the war there began.

When asked about this claim, a Special Operations Command spokesman Ken McGraw told CNN: "We do not embed journalists with that unit or any other unit that conducts counterterrorism missions. Bottom line -- no."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/opinion/bergen-brian-williams-seal-team-six/index.html

[rug]

1. Toast.

Buttered with self-aggrandizement.

[Liberal_in_LA]

29. agreed

[CTyankee]

2. uh-oh.

This is not looking good for Brian.

[spanone]

3. no it's not. why would he do this when things are so verifiable? like, duh, video tape.

[name not needed]

4. There's no way in hell that's true.

Seal Team Six is a bit of a misnomer. What is popularly known as ST6 is actually the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, which operates alongside the CIA's Special Activities Division under the auspices of the Joint Special Operations Command. What this means in english, is, these are the last guys that will ever bring a reporter on a ride along.

[Lurks Often]

5. You didn't know? Brian Williams was the one that actually shot Bin Laden! n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. ....and then later launched him into the drink.

Brian is a stickler for following up on what he starts.

[former9thward]

6. He claimed to be in Berlin the night the Wall fell.

He wasn't. Came the next day.

Questions Emerge Over Statement Brian Williams Made In Southland


Two days after NBC announced the six-month suspension of Brian Williams, questions have emerged over at least one other statement made by Williams when he was in the Southland.
While speaking at a forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in 2008, an audience memberasked Williams what his “wow” interview was or moment in his career.
“What was my wow … I’ve been so fortunate,” he said. “I was at the Brandenburg Gate the night the wall came down.”
What Williams was referring to was the demolition of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but there are now reports that he actually arrived the day after the wall came down.



http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/02/12/questions-emerge-over-statement-brian-williams-made-in-socal/

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. He was on the EAST side that night!

[TwilightGardener]

7. Special forces do not work that way.

Bye, Brian.

[iandhr]

8. What an idiot

[bulloney]

10. I heard that Williams followed Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon and gave him a wedgie.

I heard that's what gave Neil his giant LEAP for mankind.

That's what I heard.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Actually, that's not quite true,

but he was there to drive Armstrong to the hotel after his landing.

[KamaAina]

12. No, but I'm pretty sure he was at the Last Supper

[Chiyo-chichi]

14. By "flew WITH the SEALs into Iraq," he meant...

he was on a plane that was an hour behind them.

Just like the helicopter "ahead" of him that was shot was an hour ahead.

[pintobean]

15. Shambo

[lpbk2713]

16. Hell of a man, that Brian Williams.

I think that's him, second from the left.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. I doubt that happened at all, let alone that he was there. nt

[progressoid]

18. He just said he flew into Baghdad with them. Not that he was imbedded.

Not trying to defend him, but maybe CNN (and others) are reading more into this than there is.

[jmowreader]

23. I was thinking the same thing

Air Force loadmasters tend to load to capacity..."we have an extra 1500 pounds on this one, where's that news crew?"

[elias49]

27. Wait now..would CNN try to make NBC look bad? Nah.

They wouldn't do this a-purpose.
What's the 'smiley' for 'ratings'?

[WI_DEM]

19. My prediction: Williams will not be back as anchor

as a matter of fact he will no doubt resign from NBC News. I think Lester Holt would be a good replacement on a permanent basis.

[tecelote]

20. Brian Williams, Skinwalker

It explains a lot.

[rickford66]

21. Zelig Gump?

[Cooley Hurd]

22. His middle name is Mitty...

...as in Walter.

[rickford66]

24. Oh, right. Tommy Flanagan's brother.

[Cha]

25. "Could Williams have simply hitched a ride into Iraq with SEAL Team 6 outside of the formal

embedding process?"

"This seems quite unlikely. A SEAL officer told CNN, "That early in the conflict, there were only missions taking place, not bouncing between outstations."

snip//

William has made further claims about his purportedly tight relationship with the men of SEAL Team 6, saying on the "Late Show With David Letterman" in January 2013, "About six weeks after the Bin Laden raid, I got a white envelope and in it was a thank-you note, unsigned. And in it was a piece of the fuselage of the blown-up Black Hawk in that courtyard. Sent to me by one of my friends."

The SEAL officer says this seems unlikely given that "there's no connection between the guys that went in early ('03) and the guys at A-bad," an abbreviation for the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan, where the bin Laden raid was carried out."

mahalo spanone~

[GP6971]

26. No way. Years ago when stationed at Ft Lewis

My travels took me past the 1st SFG area.....you didn't slow down to gawk at the compound etc. then a couple years later at Ft Bragg, went past the Delta area. Again, no slowing down to look.

Special Ops are so secretive no way he traveled with them. Identities of the Special Ops troops are highly protected.

[GGJohn]

28. Yep, that's been my experience with Spec Ops.

You don't ask questions, you don't inquire about them, you just avert your eyes and keep on going.
I did get the pleasure of meeting some of the operators from the 160th SOAR, these are some bad ass dudes with some bad ass birds.

[GP6971]

30. We have I believe, the 4/160, at JBLM

I've meet a couple of their pilots during some exercises. Nice, personal people, but I learned long ago not to ask any questions. One can't accuse these guys of thinking within the box.......for them there is no box.

[Contrary1]

31. I try to see the positive side to stories like this.

At least Williams didn't pull a Geraldo and broadcast details about future U.S. troop movements.

The downside for him is that he won't be getting job offers from Fox.

[merrily]

32. Williams had to know people could refute his statements and, if they did, he'd be in deep doo. Yet,

kept lying about high profile events. That is not bragging. It's pathology.

He is now a total laughingstock. NBC might be cautioning him to stop telling personal stories of any kind and he might agree. But he might not be able to keep that promise, even if he really wants to. And at $10 million a year plus perks, he would probably really want to.

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. That's what is going through my head with each new story too.

This is not simple embellishment. This is knowingly making things up directly in the faces of the people who can refute you.

[merrily]

34. It takes a powerful force or incentive to jeopardize your reputation and $10 million a year, plus

perks and a pretty good amount of power.

[Marr]

35. I understand he was also at the front for this moment:

[cwydro]

36. Lol!