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Or, he might have been raided because he was suspected of leaking the story to NYT.


From the NYT article:

"Two of his top national security officials at that time — his national security adviser, John Bolton, and the acting defense secretary, Patrick M. Shanahan — declined to comment for this article."


Just means they declined to put their name on it directly.


If he leaked intel of the operation, he plausibly would decline to comment on the article. That said, Bolton doesn't seem like the type to leak information about a Navy SEALs ops.


He might, if it could be used to disparage his old boss (DJT).


I agree, he doesn’t seem the type to leak ops.




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