Originally Posted by Jake

As a former Marine Mustang I?ve had the very unique opportunity to personally participate in this type of operation both from the boots on the ground tactical level as well as the strategic planning level. While I don?t normally offer guarantees freely in this case I can unequivocally GUARANTEE you that this particular ?host nation? had absolutely no notification prior to this raid, period!

That being said, from a political standpoint, both U.S. and Pakistan officials are deciding right now (if the decision hasn?t already been made) whether or not to claim publicly that they were notified prior to the raid. Irrespective of what is claimed publicly, Pakistan was not notified at any point prior to the commencement of this raid.

It simply doesn?t work like that with operations in countries such as Pakistan. Notifying Pakistan officials prior to the operation would have been a serious breach of operational security that no U.S. military commander worth their salt would have been willing to accept. If Bin Laden had been found in Jordan I wouldn?t be offering a guarantee that Jordanian officials weren?t notified prior to the raid (maybe, maybe not) but in Pakistan, absolutely no way they knew and you can take that to the bank!