special forces
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Even though it was a covert Special Forces operation, Panetta said, he personally briefed key congressional leaders before Bin Laden’s killing took place.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Special Forces medic who has since worked with travel security companies, accompanied Brown on his 2023 trek to the South American pole, in central Brazil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
It was "not just one director that has known about this", he said in his evidence, adding that UK Special Forces leadership was "very much suppressing" the allegations.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
Was it someone from Special Forces or the Navy or a Coast Guard vessel that happened to be nearby?
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
It was so important that the team was about to board a small unmarked plane and fly to a top-secret facility outside of London for a week of mission-specific training alongside British Special Forces.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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