You can't notify that, number one because you don't even know what's going to happen if those conditions will ever align. And number two, you can't risk it being disclosed. But this was not an attack on Venezuela. This was a law enforcement function to capture an indicted drug trafficker. And of course we needed the Department of War to support it because they do have anti aircraft missiles that could shoot down those helicopters. (16:22–16:27)
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Asserts that the operation in Venezuela was a law enforcement action to capture a drug trafficker.
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