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Contractor Claims US Could Have Captured bin Laden Earlier But Was Called Off

Julian Dorey Daily · I Saw the Taliban's 'Dancing Boys' & Have Never Been the Same | Chad Robichaux · May 11, 2026
Contractor Claims US Could Have Captured bin Laden Earlier But Was Called Off
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I Saw the Taliban's 'Dancing Boys' & Have Never Been the Same | Chad Robichaux
"I've just heard that. I don't know if it's true or not. I know a lot of people give the guy Shrek McPhee a hard time, but he talks about a personal incident to where they had a chance to get him and was called off."
Former JSOC contractor Chad Robichaux revealed he heard from multiple sources that US forces had opportunities to capture or kill Osama bin Laden before 2011 but were called off by leadership. He cited John McPhee's account of being ordered to stand down during one such opportunity. Robichaux suggested bin Laden may have been kept alive because of what he knew about 9/11 complicity.
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