Tucker Carlson: “A clear pattern emerged throughout Shawyer's tenure at Alex…”

“And they suddenly said, oh, we can't do that. What if that picture gets out and we, you know, we'll be responsible. A clear pattern emerged throughout Shawyer's tenure at Alex Station. Whenever there was a chance to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, the Clinton administration chose not to do it. We had an operation that was planned to kidnap bin Laden within Afghanistan. The plan was supposed to unfold just days before Al Qaeda bombed the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.” (12:34–12:45)

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