"Despite intelligence assessments showing the greater dangers posed by Zawahri ... and the unlikelihood Hamza was in the immediate line of succession, the president thought differently," London wrote."He regularly demanded updates on Hamza and insisted we accelerate our efforts to go after him."
But Hamza bin Laden was not a top priority until Trump's exhortations influenced the extent to which the CIA devoted scarce manhunting resources to tracking him, according to London's account.In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, he was among bin Laden's family members who made their way to Iran, where he lived for a number of years, some of them in detention, intelligence officials say.
Protesters hold a photo of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a demonstration in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020.He quickly became a fixture in al Qaeda messages, and counterterrorism officials took notice. The news media began reporting on the possibility that he was being groomed as a future terrorist leader.
"I don't remember a single meeting at which we focused on Hamza bin Laden," said Joshua Geltzer, who was the top counterterrorism official on the National Security Council until early in the Trump administration.
GOOD!! Thank you Mr. Trump…
Of course, because Obama envy. What a fragile president.
All terrorists need to die. 🤷🏼♂️ Good for Trump.
Trump really is into political assassination. Trump is a disgrace to this country. Assassination is something Putin and other authoritarian leaders would do. He puts himself above the law.
Trump moronic behavior on full display. TrumpNotFitForOffice
Shit, seems to me he’s going after a bunch. Time and place for everything.
Propaganda news.
He is bringing it on Himself! When we give a red light for assassinations be prepared for American be targeted abroad. He doesn't have a clue what's Diplomacy.
Proof please. Not more unsubstantiated he said smear reports. NotFakebutUnreal
Two more traitors on your payroll, eh?
So
“ According to 2 people “ .... Who are these 2 people msBSnbc?
MSNBC loves illegals and terrorists!
So 🤷🏾♂️ kag2020
That’s what the mob does .. it goes after the family.
Trump the dumb
That's a ridiculous headline . Now do Obama when he had Osama bin Laden was murdered .. pathetic
All I’ve seen is the media sympathize with and mourn over the loss of high priority targets. So, I assume the media is pleased with this. 🗽🇺🇸
Why is anyone upset about this?!
What nonsense!which other targets are higher than the ones Trump has eliminated so far?Bunch of idiots everywhere.
Don't do it, but say you did. Only the headline matters.
Noice!
And realDonaldTrump is still no where near being as great as BarackObama
Of course he did. Obama didn't kill the son and Trump wants to top him. It's all about Obama. And making money. And staying out of jail.
The insatiable pathology of this man is literally insane.
Someone should little Donny and Eric
You're losing voters by posting headlines like this
You just can’t fix stupid even w/ a cabinet full of educated people
Lol..'cause Obama got the first one. My God Trump is such a child..
Cue the leftist outrage in 3... 2... 1...
BlackCheesebur1 Christ he just can't let go of his jealousy and envy of Barack Obama.
Has his son done anything to America?
According to some random people that hate Trumps guts
He’s the Commander in Chief. He sets the priority. Gonna get em all anyway!
curious...why is this information becoming ok to be common knowledge lol is 'classified' no longer a thing or is it just because trump's in office? not american...just concerned the departments in charge of the country's security protocols resemble something more like this:
So Trump kills terrorists?
The Clown President
Always pathetically trying to one-up Obama. Sad
So. He's in paradise now. All is good.
You mean that mentally ill president targeted a terrorist's son who wasn't even planning harm to Americans? He's basically a murdering president! Nope I'll never stand on 5th Ave. He's killing ppl so he can say he had someone killed! For Christ's sake grrrrrr 🤬!
According to people familiar with the briefings...... Lol ! Is that rcode for msm making this shite up again/still ?
Grasping for straws to put any sensationalized “news” out there that he can to make it look impressive. Sad!
Trump is so jealous of Obama.
He never heard of them? And this guy has his fat finger on the button
More fake news then.
LOL. The Vindman brothers?😂😂😂😂
Me Too, Trump style
WTF
LADEN CONSTRUCCION TRUMP INMOVILIARIA....9/11 0 REGISTROS FINANCIEROS 0 TESTIGOS
Why?
You guys know this is the result of his jealousy of our great President Obama!
Why should the son pay for his fathers mistakes?
Sorry, my brother; sins of the father.
GOT IM!!!
POLILLITAM Well what else would you expect of Trump?
When things like this come out, I get the impression Presidents are usually just manipulated by bureaucrats, like in 'Yes, Minister.' There might be more strategically valuable targets from an 'imminent threat' POV, but probably not many more high profile targets.
tRump's got no clue... he's a hazard.
He is obsessed with competiting with Obama. Give it up loser.
Who cares about Obama. Trump is 10 times the President Obama ever thought he could be.
NBC biased socialist reporting always fake propaganda.
Why does this matter
Just say you did who cares anymore. Like the worst game of whack a mole at a chucky Cheese.
And it will be done
Kill all the terrorist and I won’t shed a tear unlike the Democrats and the media.
Good thanks Trump!
Trump is a criminal, but this thug clearly represents, most of this people in the USA. They see killing people all over the world as normal, by their military, but if any organization goes after them, they play as victims.
Oh My...
Are we really going to criticize now just for the sake of criticizing which terrorists were killed or needed to be?🙄 Any dead terrorist is a good day and if you get the leader that’s an even better day
Good
So, he wanted to get the next of kin to the father, lol.
He is soooooo Jealous of Obama. It’s embarassing.
Good move if you understand middle eastern politics. Clap clap.......even while Trump was creating jobs jobs jobs. Wow 😎😉
“...According to our sources that are wrong every single time...”
Really? Your source?
Well, if you can just target the sons of people you don't like... I'm just sayin'
All of of our military personnel, must under go psychiatric evaluation, why not their presidential leader? I have asked this before Trump’s election, foreseeing our future. Why could not the public “See”?
It's an Obama thang.
Trump kills a foreign terrorist who probably would be an AQ leader soon, and the MSM complains. Obama drones a US citizen doing propaganda for AQ, we get crickets. Both were valid targets but the media are hypocrites.
Aren't the President's meetings with the CIA supposed to be top secret? Looks like national security is still compromised by leakers who wish to attack Trump.
Sooooo
Even the mafia has more morals than Trump.
Stop slamming President Trump Fake News Broadcasting Network aka. NBC !!!
Liberals really hate it when Trump kills terrorists, lol.
Hope he gets all of them
The guy had a bunch of sons didn't he?
Glad to see our president taking charge and making decisions, sorry if the swamp bureaucracy is unhappy with it and is now leaking it to their media acolytes.
How could you guarantee those were more Important targets🎯& why weren’t they targets🎯before Trump took office! Also Noting the Cry😢 baby👶🏼ReSponses after the Guy in Iran🇮🇷I think🤔you only Proved that Trump goes after the Safe Bets or the Guaranteed Bets for America’s🇺🇸sake
yea-Trump seems to be obsessed with bettering Barack Obama, to the point of psychotic behavior (didn't he do that with Hillary Clinton, too?)
So sorry this is happening to you
And when he went after the high priority targets you and the dems and other msm condemned him for that so just shut the hell up
President Obama envy.
I know two people that are very familiar with death. And CIA can't do a damn thing about it. ChillShills
Still feeling the shadow of his predecessor, isn’t he. Maybe if he looked ahead, instead of in the rear view mirror, he’d actually find some peace.
Anonymous sources are almost always working an agenda.
What is the problem NBCNews?
realDonaldTrump cares more about PR than our safety. Killing a Bin Laden will resonate with Americans (especially his base) more than killing a higher value target most haven't heard of. Plus, he can then pretend it's a bigger deal than BarackObama killing Osama Bin Laden.🤦♂️
Nothing wrong with that
Maybe some things should stay confidential, oh ya it’s NBC the worst and fakest network on earth!!!
People people people it is the war against Muslim extreamism not Americans against Americans! Put your bitterness aside, because YOU could be the next victim of said extreamism!
he is on the list the CIA briefed him on, he didnt pull out Bin Laden's son name out of nowhere.
I love it and I’m glad he did! Bin ladens dead family burning in hell now. Good!!!!
Just kill all of them
Imagine letting Barack Obama rent that much space in your head while he’s out living his best life
Drain the swamp.
Thanks to for warning the terrorists.. and to the assholes who leaked the intel 🖕now they will undoubtedly hide this little scum bag
So no due process?
This is not mews that need to be put in the open right now. This will just cause trouble.
And NBC is rushing to defend Osama bin Laden's son over our President. Disgusting.
Why is this being leaked? How does this benefit our government? Democrats are scum.
I don’t like being assassins.
Right on.
Good, get them all when we can!! A terrorist is a terrorist!!
The President is the Chief Executive. *His* priorities are the security priorities of the federal government, not the priorities of the DeepState. DrainTheDeepState
That kind of information leaks is not helping it looks like you are warning Osama bin Laden's son!!!
NBC News wants the Sheeple to believe the President of the United States doesn't have access to highly classified information and doesn't have advisors who are experts in their respective fields. But y'all keep underestimating him. That's exactly how he became YOUR POTUS.
The commander in chief sets the priority not your leaking beauracrat army of Obama hold overs. Elections have consequences... So this headline is misleading and par for the course for the Obama news network.
Pushed? Ordered...fixed
They all need to go, don't care what particular order. Fugg it do em all at the same time.
He could have easily reached an agreement with the Saudis, to have one Bin Ladin family member pose as the secret mastermind and let Trump to take him out for marketing purposes. Saudis could have handled the blood money on Trump's behalf, and discount it from mercenary price tag
great ! congrats on the successful outcome !
Over higher priority targets? Seriously? Many presidents had skipped over high priority targets and left them alone. Look at the most recent target.. The one in Iran, did you already forget that target that many presidents skipped over?
Is he a criminal? Is he tied to terrorist activity? (Asking because I don’t know) If not, does America punishing children for the sins of their fathers? Are we really like that?
Big deal. Mission accomplished. Trump is the way
So fu king what
and this is not a threat to our national security? ...
And? I like it. Good plan.
It’s all about optics with that guy.
Kill them all!!!!
Sorry Trump you will never be able to kill Osama Bin Laden. No matter how many terrorists you kill, it won't be him. That's one thing you can't undo from the Obama administration.
Drain the Swamp.
He'll never be President Obama...no matter how hard he tries...
He was so envious of Obama getting Osama that he thought this would get him that Obama love lol
And what were the more important goals? Maybe Qasim Soleimani the Iranian general?
It's all about his obsession with Obama. Unhealthy obsession
I guess he didn’t get the accolades he thought he deserved for Soleimani so he goes after Osama’s son - still trying to outdo Obama and failing wildly.
And?
He's such a an a$$hole.
Deep state leakers strike again!!!!
Dumbest man to ever hold the office.
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